Soyuz-U-PVB launched Resurs-F2 No. 6 (Resurs F-10) from Plesetsk, a film-return Earth-imaging satellite used for military and civilian cartography; the mission introduced a lower, more frequently adjusted orbital profile for sharper imagery.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.5 T
- Flight
- 19th
- of 70 Soyuz-U-PVB flights
- Date and time
- 21 May 1991, 09:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U-PVB
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1991-035
- Launches in 1991
- 36th of 91
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