Soyuz-U from Plesetsk launched Kosmos 1487, a Resurs-F1 (17F41) film-return Earth-resources satellite that imaged land cover and natural resources for the Soviet civil remote-sensing program.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 333rd
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 5 August 1983, 09:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1983-080
- Launches in 1983
- 81st of 129
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