Meteor-1 23, a Soviet first-generation polar-orbiting weather satellite for meteorological imaging and cloud-cover observations. Vostok-2M (8A92M) from Plesetsk Site 41/1 placed the ~3,800 kg craft in LEO on 25 December 1975 for hydrometeorological service.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.3 T
- Flight
- 43rd
- of 93 Vostok 8A92M flights
- Date and time
- 25 December 1975, 19:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92M
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1975-124
- Launches in 1975
- 131st of 132
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