Kosmos 1439, a Yantar-2K (Feniks) film-return photoreconnaissance satellite for the Soviet military. Soyuz-U from Baikonur lofted the medium-resolution imaging craft, which returned film via recoverable capsules after a multi-week mission.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 311th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 6 February 1983, 11:31 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1983-007
- Launches in 1983
- 8th of 129
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