Kosmos 856 (Zenit-2M #71, Gektor #71) with a Nauka science module, a Soviet medium-resolution film-return photoreconnaissance satellite. Soyuz-U from Baikonur Site 31/6 placed the craft in LEO for area imaging with a recoverable film capsule.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 37th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 22 September 1976, 09:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1976-096
- Launches in 1976
- 97th of 131
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