Kosmos 1309, a Zenit-4MT topographic photoreconnaissance satellite for the Soviet military, launched on a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk Site 43/3 into low Earth orbit for cartographic film-return imagery; recovered about 1 October.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.9 T (est.)
- Flight
- 258th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 18 September 1981, 09:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1981-092
- Launches in 1981
- 94th of 126
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