Kosmos 1498, a Resurs-F1 (17F41 #15) civilian Earth-resources film-return satellite, launched on a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk into sun-synchronous orbit for multispectral photography of land and natural resources.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 341st
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 14 September 1983, 10:25 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1983-096
- Launches in 1983
- 97th of 129
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