Kosmos 1705, a Zenit-8 (Oblik #25) film-return photoreconnaissance satellite for the Soviet military, launched on a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. It provided medium-resolution imagery from low Earth orbit via recoverable film capsules.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T
- Flight
- 423rd
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 3 December 1985, 12:15 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 16/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1985-111
- Launches in 1985
- 115th of 125
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