Soyuz-U from Plesetsk launched Kosmos 1401, a Resurs-F1 (17F41) civil Earth-observation film-return satellite for Soviet natural-resources and environmental imaging from LEO.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 296th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 20 August 1982, 09:50 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1982-081
- Launches in 1982
- 85th of 129
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