Kosmos 527 (Zenit-4MK/Germes #9), a Soviet high-resolution film-return photoreconnaissance satellite. Voskhod (11A57) from Plesetsk Site 43/4 placed the craft in LEO on 31 October 1972 for a short optical imaging mission with a recoverable film capsule; it decayed 13 November 1972.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6 T
- Flight
- 201st
- of 299 Voskhod flights
- Date and time
- 31 October 1972, 13:29 UTC
- Rocket
- Voskhod
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1972-086
- Launches in 1972
- 92nd of 113
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