The Meteor-1 series was the first series of Soviet meteorological satellites. December 17, 1965 at 02:20 UTC · Launch Successful Vostok 8A92M — Soviet Space Program, to Low Earth Orbit 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan The world's 510th orbital launch attempt, and 117th of 1965. Data: Launch Library 2, The Space Devs. Image by Dmitry Ivanov (CC BY-SA 4.0) via The Space Devs.