Soyuz-U from Plesetsk launched Kosmos 1846, a Resurs-F1 (17F40) Earth-resources film-return satellite that photographed land surfaces for civilian mapping, agriculture, and geological surveys from sun-synchronous orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 472nd
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 21 May 1987, 07:44 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1987-045
- Launches in 1987
- 48th of 114
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