Placed Kosmos 2003, a Zenit-8 film-return photo-reconnaissance satellite, into low Earth orbit for the Soviet military. The short-duration mission gathered optical imagery before its film capsule was recovered on Earth.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T
- Flight
- 532nd
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 17 February 1989, 14:59 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1989-015
- Launches in 1989
- 15th of 102
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