Meteor-1 16, a Soviet Meteor-1 series weather satellite for cloud observation and radiation monitoring. Vostok-2M (8A92M) from Plesetsk Site 43/4 lofted the VNIIEM craft into LEO on 5 March 1974 for the Hydrometeorological Service.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.3 T
- Flight
- 32nd
- of 93 Vostok 8A92M flights
- Date and time
- 5 March 1974, 11:38 UTC
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92M
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1974-011
- Launches in 1974
- 12th of 113
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