Kosmos 576 (Zenit-4MT / Orion), a Soviet topographic film-return photoreconnaissance satellite for mapping and cartography. Soyuz-M (11A511M) from Plesetsk placed the craft in LEO for a short recoverable imaging mission through 9 July 1973.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.7 T (est.)
- Flight
- 4th
- of 8 Soyuz 11A511M flights
- Date and time
- 27 June 1973, 11:50 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 11A511M
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1973-044
- Launches in 1973
- 48th of 116
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