Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Soviet Space Program
Provider type
Government
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
Russia
Date
Tue, 26 Dec 1978 13:30:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#2171 ever
Mission
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.