Soyuz-U from Plesetsk lofted Cosmos 1887 (Bion 8), a 13-day international biosatellite carrying rhesus monkeys Yerosha and Dryoma plus rats, fish, and insects for microgravity and radiation experiments involving nine countries including NASA.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 484th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 29 September 1987, 12:49 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Biology
- International designator
- 1987-083
- Launches in 1987
- 87th of 114
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