Kosmos 848 (Zenit-2M/Gektor #70), a Soviet film-return photoreconnaissance satellite with co-manifested Nauka-19KS 1L research module. Soyuz-U from Plesetsk Site 43/3 placed the stack in LEO for a ~13-day optical imaging mission for the GRU.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 32nd
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 12 August 1976, 13:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1976-082
- Launches in 1976
- 83rd of 131
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