Soyuz-U from Plesetsk lofted Kosmos 1667 (Bion 7), an international biomedical biosatellite that flew rhesus monkeys Verny and Gordy plus rats, fish, insects, and plants for about a week of microgravity research.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 408th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 10 July 1985, 03:15 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Biology
- International designator
- 1985-059
- Launches in 1985
- 60th of 125
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