Kosmos 1553, a Tsikada (#11) civilian satellite-navigation spacecraft, launched on a Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk into low Earth orbit as part of the Soviet Tsikada Doppler navigation constellation for maritime and polar users.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 800 kg
- Flight
- 299th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 17 May 1984, 14:43 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 1984-046
- Launches in 1984
- 46th of 129
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