Soyuz-U from Plesetsk launched Kosmos 1543 (Efir #1), a Zenit-based scientific satellite that measured the energy spectrum and charge composition of primary cosmic rays above 2 TeV with Sokol detectors.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5.4 T (est.)
- Flight
- 358th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 10 March 1984, 17:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 1984-026
- Launches in 1984
- 26th of 129
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