Kosmos 1559–1566, an octet of Strela-1M (#281–288) store-and-forward military communications satellites, launched together on a Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk into low Earth orbit for tactical message relay.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 480 kg
- Flight
- 300th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 28 May 1984, 21:52 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1984-052
- Launches in 1984
- 52nd of 129
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