LaunchesGVM Oblik
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GVM Oblik
Soyuz 2.1a · Government/Top Secret
200443/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Mission
Oblik-Dummy was Zenit-8 (Oblik) spy sat, which has been in storage long beyond its service live and was converted to an instrumented dummy payload for the maiden launch of the new Soyuz-2-1a launch vehicle. The photographic equipment was removed and the vehicle was fitted with vibration and thermal sensors designed to measure the launch environment of the new launch vehicle.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Russian Space Forces
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1a
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- 43/4 (43R)
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2