Soyuz-U from Plesetsk launched Kosmos 1789, a Resurs-F1 (17F40) film-return Earth-resources satellite that imaged terrain for Soviet civilian and economic applications from a high-inclination near-polar orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 454th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 31 October 1986, 08:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 16/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1986-084
- Launches in 1986
- 90th of 110
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