Kosmos 898 (Zenit-2M #75, Gektor #75) with a Nauka science module, a Soviet medium-resolution film-return photoreconnaissance satellite. Soyuz-U from Plesetsk Site 43/3 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
- 55th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 17 March 1977, 08:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1977-020
- Launches in 1977
- 21st of 130
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