Soyuz-U from Plesetsk Site 43/3 launched Kosmos 949, a Yantar-2K (Feniks) high-resolution film-return photoreconnaissance satellite for the Soviet GRU, returning imagery via main and small capsules after up to about 30 days.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 76th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 6 September 1977, 17:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1977-085
- Launches in 1977
- 88th of 130
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