Russian Space Forces
| Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation Dec. 20, 1969, 3:26 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Tselina-O (11F616) was one component of two-satellite Tselina ELINT satellite system. Tselina-O provided general ELINT surveillance to be examined in detail by the larger Tselina-D satellites.
Soviet Space Program
| Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation Dec. 3, 1969, 1:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The soviet Zenit-2M (Gektor, 11F690) was an improved version of the Zenit-2 area surveillance reconnaissance satellite. It was part of the Vostok-based Zenit-family.
Russian Space Forces
| Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation Nov. 24, 1969, 4:49 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
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.