Kosmos 720 (Zenit-4MT/Orion #10), a Soviet topographic film-return photoreconnaissance satellite with SA-106 camera, laser altimeter, and Doppler gear. Soyuz-U from Plesetsk Site 43/3 placed the craft in LEO on 21 March 1975 for cartographic imaging.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.7 T (est.)
- Flight
- 14th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 21 March 1975, 06:50 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1975-019
- Launches in 1975
- 20th of 132
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