Soyuz-U from Baikonur lofted Kosmos 1516, a Yantar-1KFT (Kometa) film-return cartographic reconnaissance satellite for large-scale topographic mapping for the Soviet military.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 351st
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 27 December 1983, 09:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1983-124
- Launches in 1983
- 126th of 129
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