Kosmos 2031 was the debut flight of the Orlets-1 (Don) long-duration film-return military reconnaissance satellite, launched from Baikonur carrying eight recoverable film capsules for a planned 60-day imaging mission.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 7.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 544th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 18 July 1989, 12:10 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1989-056
- Launches in 1989
- 57th of 102
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