Meteor-1 13 (25L), a Soviet first-generation meteorological satellite carrying visible and infrared TV imagers plus a radiation-budget sensor for weather observation. Vostok-2M (8A92M) from Plesetsk Site 43/4 placed the ~2.2 t craft in polar LEO on 26 October 1972.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.3 T
- Flight
- 27th
- of 93 Vostok 8A92M flights
- Date and time
- 26 October 1972, 22:05 UTC
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92M
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1972-085
- Launches in 1972
- 91st of 113
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