Meteor-1 24 (37L), a Soviet first-generation operational meteorological satellite. Vostok-2M (8A92M) from Plesetsk Site 41/1 placed the ~2.2 t craft in polar LEO for visible and infrared weather imaging and Earth radiation-budget measurements.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.3 T
- Flight
- 45th
- of 93 Vostok 8A92M flights
- Date and time
- 7 April 1976, 13:05 UTC
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92M
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1976-032
- Launches in 1976
- 33rd of 131
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