Launch Alert | G60 Polar Group 04?
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LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Tue Apr 21 1987
Soviet Space Program

Mission TBD

Launch Successful
LAUNCH TIME
3:14 PM UTC
(3:14 PM UTC)
April 21, 1987

Window Open

3:14 PM UTC

(3:14 PM UTC)

Window Close

3:14 PM UTC

(3:14 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Soyuz-U2

Description:

The Soyuz-U2 was a Soviet, later Russian, carrier rocket. It was derived from the Soyuz-U, and a member of the R-7 family of rockets. It featured increased performance compared with the baseline Soyuz-U, due to the use of syntin propellant, as opposed to RP-1 paraffin, used on the Soyuz-U.

Soyuz-U2 rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
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COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

1/5