Kosmos 1804, a Zenit-8 (Oblik) film-return photoreconnaissance satellite for the Soviet military, launched on a Soyuz-U from Baikonur. It imaged ground targets on film and returned the recoverable capsule after a short LEO mission ending 18 December.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T
- Flight
- 457th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 4 December 1986, 10:10 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1986-095
- Launches in 1986
- 102nd of 110
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