Kosmos 1768, a Resurs-F1 (17F40 #2) film-return Earth-resources satellite, launched on a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk into sun-synchronous orbit. It imaged land and agricultural targets for Soviet civil remote sensing before recovery on 16 August.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 446th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 2 August 1986, 09:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 16/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1986-058
- Launches in 1986
- 63rd of 110
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