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Tselina-D 17
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 19 Dec 1978, 01:35 am UTC
Rocket: Vostok 8A92M (Vostok)
Provider: Soviet Space Program
Mission
Type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Mission Description
Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.