Kosmos 867 (Zenit-6U #1, Argon #1), the first flight of the unified Soviet film-return photoreconnaissance satellite replacing earlier Zenit-2M/4MK types. Soyuz-U from Plesetsk Site 43/4 placed the ~6.3 t craft in LEO for a ~12–14 day imaging mission.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T
- Flight
- 44th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 23 November 1976, 16:27 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1976-111
- Launches in 1976
- 114th of 131
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