Zenit reconnaissance satellites

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military spacecraft reconnaissance satellite series

Zenit reconnaissance satellites were Soviet military photo-reconnaissance spacecraft derived from the Vostok crewed spacecraft design and used extensively during the Cold War for high-resolution imaging of Earth.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military spacecraft ⓘ reconnaissance satellite series ⓘ
basedOn	Vostok crewed spacecraft design ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Soviet Union ⓘ
dataType	photographic film imagery ⓘ
derivedFrom	Vostok crewed spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedBy	OKB-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Korolev's design bureau ⓘ
firstLaunchDate	1961 ⓘ
firstOperationalUse	early 1960s ⓘ
hadCrewCapacity	0 ⓘ
hadFeature	attitude control system for precise pointing ⓘ pressurized reentry capsule ⓘ retrievable film canisters ⓘ
hadVariant	Zenit-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Zenit-2M NERFINISHED ⓘ Zenit-4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Zenit-4M NERFINISHED ⓘ Zenit-4MK NERFINISHED ⓘ Zenit-6U NERFINISHED ⓘ
imagingMethod	film-return system ⓘ optical photography ⓘ
landingZone	Kazakh SSR NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchSite	Baikonur Cosmodrome NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchVehicle	Soyuz rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ Voskhod rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ Vostok rocket NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfLaunches	over 500 ⓘ
operatedBy	Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet military ⓘ Soviet space forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
orbitType	low Earth orbit ⓘ
partOf	Soviet military reconnaissance program ⓘ Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryTarget	NATO military installations NERFINISHED ⓘ strategic sites in Europe ⓘ strategic sites in the United States ⓘ
reentryMethod	parachute-assisted capsule recovery ⓘ
relatedTo	Vostok crewed spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ Yantar reconnaissance satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ
retired	1990s ⓘ
securityClassification	highly classified during operation ⓘ
successor	Yantar reconnaissance satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Soviet Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet General Staff NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedDuring	Cold War ⓘ
usedFor	high-resolution imaging of Earth ⓘ photo-reconnaissance ⓘ

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Vostok-2 rocket → usedToLaunch → Zenit reconnaissance satellites ⓘ

subject surface form: Vostok-2