Sfera 9 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

21 Dec 1972, 2:05am

Location

Plesetsk Cosmodrome Launch Site

Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Pad

132/2

Launch Service Provider

Soviet Space Program logo

Soviet Space Program

Vehicle

Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

Mission

Sfera 9

Mission Type

Earth Science

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

The Sfera or Geoid series were the first soviet geodetic satellites to improve the accuracy of maps. The development of the satellites started in 1965 at NPO-PM.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:55pm UTC

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