Launched Kosmos 2343, a sixth-generation Yantar-class photo reconnaissance satellite flown on a Soyuz-U2 from Baikonur, notable as the first Soyuz-U2 mission not supporting a crewed Soyuz-TM or Progress-M flight.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 7.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 626th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 15 May 1997, 12:10 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1997-024
- Launches in 1997
- 25th of 89
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