Launched Kosmos 2078, a classified Soviet military satellite; as with most Soyuz-U missions of this era, its precise payload type was never officially disclosed by Soviet authorities.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 563rd
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 15 May 1990, 09:55 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1990-044
- Launches in 1990
- 46th of 121
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