Soyuz-U launched Cosmos 1906, a Resurs-F2 (no. 1) Earth-observation satellite using a Vostok-derived film-return capsule, from Plesetsk to photograph terrain for cartographic and resource-survey use.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.5 T
- Flight
- 492nd
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 26 December 1987, 11:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 16/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1987-108
- Launches in 1987
- 112th of 114
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