Kosmos 922 (Zenit-2M #78, Gektor), a Soviet medium-resolution film-return photoreconnaissance satellite for area surveillance. Soyuz-U from Plesetsk Site 43/4 placed the craft in LEO for a ~12-day optical imaging mission with recoverable film capsule.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5.4 T (est.)
- Flight
- 66th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 30 June 1977, 14:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1977-058
- Launches in 1977
- 59th of 130
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