Soyuz-U-PVB launched from Plesetsk orbited Resurs-F1 s/n 50, a film-return Earth-resources satellite used to photograph the USSR's land and coastal areas for economic planning, ecology and cartography.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 14th
- of 70 Soyuz-U-PVB flights
- Date and time
- 16 August 1990, 09:54 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U-PVB
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1990-073
- Launches in 1990
- 77th of 121
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