Meteor-Priroda 2-3 (Meteor-1 29), a Soviet Earth-resources and meteorology satellite, launched on a Vostok-2M from Baikonur Site 31/6 into sun-synchronous orbit for remote-sensing of land and ocean resources.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.3 T
- Flight
- 61st
- of 93 Vostok 8A92M flights
- Date and time
- 25 January 1979, 05:43 UTC
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92M
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1979-005
- Launches in 1979
- 5th of 110
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