Kosmos 855 (Zenit-4MT #11, Orion #11), a Soviet topographic film-return photoreconnaissance satellite for mapping. Soyuz-U from Plesetsk Site 43/3 placed the craft in LEO for cartographic imaging with a recoverable film capsule.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.1 T (est.)
- Flight
- 36th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 21 September 1976, 11:40 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1976-095
- Launches in 1976
- 96th of 131
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