Kosmos 896 (Zenit-6U #2, Argon #2), the second flight of the unified Soviet film-return photoreconnaissance satellite for high-resolution or area-survey missions. Soyuz-U from Plesetsk Site 43/4 placed the ~6.3 t craft in LEO for a ~12–14 day imaging flight.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T
- Flight
- 53rd
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 3 March 1977, 10:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1977-016
- Launches in 1977
- 17th of 130
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