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Second generation space systems required injection of lighter but higher-altitude Meteor and other satellite payloads into sun-synchronous orbits. The 8A92M version was developed for this purpose. First use was the Meteor launch on 29 June 1977.

Launches: 89. Failures: 2. Success Rate: 97.75% pct. First Launch Date: 28 February 1967. Last Launch Date: 29 August 1991. LEO Payload: 3,800 kg. to: 850 km Orbit. at: 81.0 degrees. Liftoff Thrust: 407,565 kgf. Total Mass: 282,300 kg. Core Diameter: 3.0 m. Total Length: 30.8 m.

• Stage Number: 0. 4 x Vostok 8A92M-0 Gross Mass: 43,300 kg. Empty Mass: 3,700 kg. Thrust (vac): 101,500 kgf. Isp: 313 sec. Burn time: 120 sec. Isp(sl): 256 sec. Diameter: 2.7 m. Span: 2.7 m. Length: 19.0 m. Propellants: Lox/Kerosene No Engines: 1. RD-107-8D74K

• Stage Number: 1. 1 x Vostok 8A92M-1 Gross Mass: 101,000 kg. Empty Mass: 6,500 kg. Thrust (vac): 95,900 kgf. Isp: 315 sec. Burn time: 305 sec. Isp(sl): 248 sec. Diameter: 3.0 m. Span: 3.0 m. Length: 28.0 m. Propellants: Lox/Kerosene No Engines: 1. RD-108-8D75K

• Stage Number: 2. 1 x Vostok 8A92M-2 Gross Mass: 8,100 kg. Empty Mass: 1,100 kg. Thrust (vac): 5,560 kgf. Isp: 326 sec. Burn time: 400 sec. Isp(sl): 0 sec. Diameter: 2.6 m. Span: 2.6 m. Length: 2.8 m. Propellants: Lox/Kerosene No Engines: 1. RD-0109

• Cosmos 144 Spacecraft: Meteor. Payload: Meteor no. 6. Mass: 4,730 kg.

  Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.

• Cosmos 156 Spacecraft: Meteor. Payload: Meteor no. 7. Mass: 4,730 kg.

  Worked with Cosmos 144. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.

• Cosmos 184 Spacecraft: Meteor. Payload: Meteor no. 8. Mass: 4,730 kg.

  Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.

• Cosmos 206 Spacecraft: Meteor. Payload: Meteor no. 9. Mass: 4,730 kg.

  Visual, IR cloud cover images. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.

• Cosmos 226 Spacecraft: Meteor. Payload: Meteor no. 10. Mass: 4,730 kg.

  Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.

• Meteor Spacecraft: Meteor. Payload: Meteor no. 11.

• Meteor 1-01 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 1. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Cloud, snow, ice cover data. Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Meteor 1-02 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 2. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Cloud and ice cover imaging; investigated IR, thermal reflection/radiation from Earth's atmosphere. Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Meteor 1-03 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 3. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Meteor 1-04 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 4. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Meteor 1-05 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 5. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Meteor 1-06 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 6. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Cosmos 389 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 1. Mass: 3,800 kg.

• Meteor 1-07 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 7. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Cosmos 405 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 2. Mass: 3,800 kg.

• Meteor 1-08 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 8. Mass: 3,800 kg.

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  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Meteor 1-09 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 9. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Meteor 1-10 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 10. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Cosmos 476 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 3. Mass: 3,800 kg.

• Meteor 1-11 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 11. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Meteor 1-12 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 12. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Meteor 1-13 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 13. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.

• Cosmos 542 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 4. Mass: 3,800 kg.

• Meteor 1-14 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 14. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Meteor 1-15 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 15. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Cosmos 604 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 5. Mass: 2,000 kg.

• Meteor 1-16 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 16. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.

• Meteor 1-17 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 17. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Meteor 1-18 Spacecraft: Meteor-Priroda. Payload: Meteor-Priroda no. 1. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Conducted experimental work in studying the natural resources of the earth. Also tested plasma engine

• Cosmos 673 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 6. Mass: 3,800 kg.

• Meteor 1-19 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 19. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Meteor 1-20 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 20. Mass: 3,800 kg.

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  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Meteor 1-21 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 21. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Cosmos 744 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 7. Mass: 2,500 kg.

• Meteor 2-01 Spacecraft: Meteor-2. Payload: Meteor-2 no. 1. Mass: 2,750 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Cosmos 756 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 8. Mass: 2,500 kg.

• Meteor 1-22 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 22. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Meteor 1-23 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 23. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Cosmos 808 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 9. Mass: 3,000 kg.

• Meteor 1-24 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M s/n 37. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Meteor 1-25 Spacecraft: Meteor-Priroda. Payload: Meteor-Priroda s/n 2-1. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Continuation of experimental work in studying the natural resources of the earth.

• Cosmos 851 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 10. Mass: 3,000 kg.

• Meteor 1-26 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 26. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Meteor 2-02 Spacecraft: Meteor-2. Payload: Meteor-2 no. 2. Mass: 2,750 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Cosmos 895 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 11. Mass: 2,500 kg.

• Meteor 1-27 Spacecraft: Meteor M. Payload: Meteor M no. 27. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Meteor 1-28 Spacecraft: Meteor-Priroda. Payload: Meteor-Priroda s/n 2-2. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Continuation of experimental work in studying the natural resources of the earth. Acquisition of meteorological information required for use in the operational weather service.

• Cosmos 925 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 12. Mass: 2,500 kg.

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• Cosmos 955 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 13. Mass: 2,500 kg.

• Meteor 2-03 Spacecraft: Meteor-2. Payload: Meteor-2 no. 3. Mass: 2,750 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information needed for use by the weather service.

• Cosmos 975 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 14. Mass: 4,000 kg.

• Cosmos 1005 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 15. Mass: 4,000 kg.

• Cosmos 1043 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 17. Mass: 4,000 kg.

• Cosmos 1063 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 18. Mass: 4,000 kg.

• Cosmos 1066 Spacecraft: Astrofizika. Payload: Astrofizika s/n 1. Mass: 2,750 kg.

  Probable failure. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.

• Meteor 1-29 Spacecraft: Meteor-Priroda. Payload: Meteor-Priroda s/n 2-3. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Obtaining information needed for research into the natural resources of the earth and the development of methods for remote sensing of the underlying surface, and obtaining meteorological information. In addition to Soviet apparatus, carried scientific ap paratus from the German Democratic Republic.

• Cosmos 1077 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 19. Mass: 4,000 kg.

• Meteor 2-04 Spacecraft: Meteor-2. Payload: Meteor-2 no. 5. Mass: 2,750 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information required for use in the operational weather service with the aid of advanced equipment.

• Cosmos 1093 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 20. Mass: 4,000 kg.

• Cosmos 1116 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 21. Mass: 4,000 kg.

• Cosmos 1143 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 22. Mass: 4,000 kg.

• Meteor 2-05 Spacecraft: Meteor-2. Payload: Meteor-2 no. 6. Mass: 2,750 kg.

  Acquisition of meteorological information required for use in the operational weather service with the aid of advanced equipment.

• Cosmos 1145 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 23. Mass: 4,000 kg.

• Cosmos 1154 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 24. Mass: 3,800 kg.

• Tselina-D Spacecraft: Tselina-D.

  Pad badly damaged. Not put back into service until April 1983.

• Cosmos 1184 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 25. Mass: 3,800 kg.

• Meteor 1-30 Spacecraft: Resurs-OE. Payload: Resurs-OE s/n 3-1. Mass: 3,475 kg.

  First flight of prototype for Resurs-O1 spacecraft. Also performed remote sensing tasks. Acquisition of information required for continued investigation of the natural resources of the earth; development of remote sensing methods for measuring the status of the earth's surface and the atmosphere beneath the satellite.

• Cosmos 1206 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 26. Mass: 3,800 kg.

• Meteor 2-06 Spacecraft: Meteor-2. Payload: Meteor-2 no. 7. Mass: 2,750 kg.

  Gathering meteorological information and data on penetrating radiation fluxes in circumterrestrial space.

• Cosmos 1222 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 27. Mass: 3,800 kg.

• Cosmos 1242 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 28. Mass: 2,500 kg.

• Meteor 2-07 Spacecraft: Meteor-2. Payload: Meteor-2 no. 8. Mass: 2,750 kg.

  Gathering meteorological information and data on penetrating radiation fluxes in circumterrestrial space.

• Cosmos 1271 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 29. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Replaced Cosmos 1077.

• Meteor 1-31 Spacecraft: Meteor-Priroda. Payload: Meteor-Priroda. Mass: 3,800 kg.

  Also performed earth resources tasks. Acquisition of information required for continued investigation of the natural resources of the earth; development of remote sensing methods for measuring the parameters of the atmosphere and the earth's surface beneath the satellite. Carried scientific i nstruments developed in the People's Republic of Bulgaria, as well as Soviet equipment. Objects 1595 and 1596 launched by a single rocket.

• Intercosmos 22 Spacecraft: IK-B-1300. Mass: 1,500 kg.

  Ionosphere and magnetosphere studies. Intercosmos-Bulgaria 1300. Comprehensive investigation of physical processes in the earth's ionosphere and magnetosphere. Carried scientific equipment developed and manufactured in the People's Republic of Bulgaria with the assistance of Soviet scientists .

• Cosmos 1315 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 31. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Replaced Cosmos 1154.

• Cosmos 1340 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 33. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Replaced Cosmos 1206.

• Cosmos 1346 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 34. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Replaced Cosmos 1222.

• Cosmos 1356 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 35. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Replaced Cosmos 1184.

• Cosmos 1400 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 37. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Replaced Cosmos 1315.

• Meteor 2-09 Spacecraft: Meteor-2. Payload: Meteor-2 no. 10. Mass: 2,750 kg.

  Possible replacement for Meteor 2-6. Gathering meteorological information and data on penetrating radiation fluxes in circumterrestrial space.

• Cosmos 1437 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 39. Mass: 2,500 kg.

• Cosmos 1441 Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Payload: Tselina-D no. 40. Mass: 2,000 kg.

• Cosmos 1484 Spacecraft: Resurs-OE. Payload: Resurs-OE s/n 3-2. Mass: 2,500 kg.

  Follow-on to Meteor series. Second flight of prototype for Resurs-O1 spacecraft. Gathering regular information on the natural resources of the earth for use in various branches of the Soviet economy, and conducting further tests on new types of measuring apparatus and methods of remote sensing of the earth's surface and atmosphere.

• Meteor 2-10 Spacecraft: Meteor-2. Payload: Meteor-2 no. 11. Mass: 2,750 kg.

  Gathering meteorological information and data on penetrating radiation fluxes in circumterrestrial space.

• Cosmos 1689 Spacecraft: Resurs-O1. Payload: Resurs-O1 no. 1. Mass: 1,500 kg.

  First flight of Resurs-O1. Acquisition of operational information on the natural resources of the earth in the interests of various branches of the national economy of the USSR; continued trials of new types of informational and measurement apparatus and methods of remote sensing o f the earth's surface and atmosphere. Operated for one year, two months.

• IRS-1A Spacecraft: IRS. Payload: IRS 1A. Mass: 975 kg.

  Indian remote sensing; 1st Soviet commercial launch. Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A). Operational remote sensing of the Earth for natural resources management applications. Also registered by the USSR as object no. 2387 in ST/SG/SER.E/182 and orbital parameters 102.7 min, 863 x 917 km x 99.01 deg.

• Cosmos 1939 Spacecraft: Resurs-O1. Payload: Resurs-O1 no. 2. Mass: 2,000 kg.

  Investigation of the natural resources of the earth in the interests of various branches of the national economy of the USSR and international cooperation. Stayed in operation for six years, six months, far beyond its rated life of 3 to 5 years.

• IRS-1B Spacecraft: IRS. Payload: IRS 1B. Mass: 980 kg.

  Remote sensing; launched commercially by USSR. Operational remote sensing satellite for natural resources management.

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