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Launch SuccessfulSoviet Space Program
Soyuz 11A511M: Zenit-4MT 2
Film-return reconnaissance satellite
Thursday, 13 July 1972
Soyuz 11A511M
Mission Data
🇷🇺Soviet Space ProgramEst. 1931
Launch VehicleSoyuz 11A511M
Vehicle FamilySoyuz
Vehicle Record8 of 8 launches (100%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record2288 successes / 168 failures (93%)
Success Streak17 consecutive
Mission TypeGovernment/Top Secret
Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit
Launch Pad43/4 (43R)
Location🇷🇺 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation RUS
Orbital Launches This Year#60
Agency Launches This Year#44
Launches From This Pad329
Launches From This Site1,689
Status Note
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
About Soyuz 11A511M
The Soyuz was a Soviet expendable carrier rocket designed in the 1960s by OKB-1 and manufactured by State Aviation Plant No. 1 in Kuybyshev, Soviet Union. It was commissioned to launch Soyuz spacecraft as part of the Soviet human spaceflight program, first with 8 uncrewed test flights, followed by the first 19 crewed launches.
Launch Site
43/4 (43R) · 62.9288°N 40.4571°E
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.