Kosmos 1770, a Yantar-4KS1 (Terilen #5) electro-optical reconnaissance satellite for the Soviet military, launched on a Soyuz-U from Baikonur. It returned digital imagery via radio rather than film capsules and operated until February 1987.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 447th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 6 August 1986, 13:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1986-060
- Launches in 1986
- 65th of 110
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