Kosmos 1301, a Resurs-F1 (No.16L) film-return Earth-resources imaging satellite, launched on a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk Site 41/1 into low Earth orbit for remote sensing; recovered on 10 September.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 255th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 27 August 1981, 10:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1981-083
- Launches in 1981
- 85th of 126
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