Resurs F-02 (Resurs-F1, serial 46), an Earth-resources reconnaissance satellite also carrying two releasable Pion probes to measure upper-atmosphere density, launched from Plesetsk on a Soyuz-U-PVB rocket to photograph Soviet territory for natural-resource surveys.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 541st
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 27 June 1989, 08:04 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 16/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1989-049
- Launches in 1989
- 50th of 102
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