Kosmos 1061, a Zenit-2M (Gektor) film-return photoreconnaissance satellite with co-manifested Nauka-32KS scientific module for the Soviet military. Soyuz-U from Plesetsk Site 43/4 placed the stack in LEO for short-duration optical imaging.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 129th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 14 December 1978, 15:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1978-114
- Launches in 1978
- 118th of 128
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