Kosmos 1557, a Zenit-4MKT (Fram #25) film-return topographic mapping satellite for the Soviet military, launched on a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk into low Earth orbit for high-resolution Earth cartography.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.1 T
- Flight
- 365th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 22 May 1984, 08:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1984-048
- Launches in 1984
- 48th of 129
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