Soyuz-U from Baikonur Site 31/6 launched Kosmos 1026 (Energiya #2), a recoverable Zenit-derived science satellite that measured primary cosmic radiation and meteoritic particles in near-Earth orbit over an ~8-day flight.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5.9 T (est.)
- Flight
- 111th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 2 July 1978, 09:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 1978-069
- Launches in 1978
- 71st of 128
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