Soyuz-U launched Kosmos 2108, a Yantar-4K2 'Kobalt' film-return reconnaissance satellite, from Plesetsk the same day as a separate naval ocean-surveillance launch, continuing Soviet photographic intelligence coverage.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 571st
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 4 December 1990, 18:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1990-109
- Launches in 1990
- 114th of 121
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