Kosmos 865 (Zenit-2M #72, Gektor #72), a Soviet medium-resolution film-return photoreconnaissance satellite. Soyuz-U from Plesetsk Site 43/4 placed the craft in LEO for area surveillance imaging with a recoverable film capsule for the GRU.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5.4 T (est.)
- Flight
- 42nd
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 1 November 1976, 11:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1976-109
- Launches in 1976
- 111th of 131
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