Kosmos 759 (Zenit-4MT #9, Orion #9), a Soviet topographic film-return photoreconnaissance satellite for the GRU, with SA-106 camera, laser altimeter, and Doppler gear. Soyuz-U from Plesetsk Site 43/3 placed the craft in LEO; the capsule was recovered after about 11 days.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.1 T (est.)
- Flight
- 19th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 12 September 1975, 05:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1975-084
- Launches in 1975
- 88th of 132
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