Kosmos 844 (Yantar-2K #5, Feniks #5), a Soviet second-generation film-return photoreconnaissance satellite. Soyuz-U from Plesetsk Site 43/3 placed the ~6.6 t craft in LEO; a power-system malfunction limited the mission before reentry on 30 August.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 30th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 22 July 1976, 15:40 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1976-072
- Launches in 1976
- 73rd of 131
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