Kosmos 1343, a Zenit-6U (Argon #55) film-return photoreconnaissance satellite for the Soviet military. Soyuz-U from Plesetsk lofted the short-duration optical recon craft, which recovered cameras and film after about two weeks.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T
- Flight
- 271st
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 17 March 1982, 10:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1982-021
- Launches in 1982
- 22nd of 129
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