Kosmos 1588, a US-P (#19) passive ocean-surveillance satellite for the Soviet Navy, launched on a Tsiklon-2 from Baikonur into low Earth orbit. It tracked naval radar emissions as part of the Legenda maritime reconnaissance system.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.3 T
- Flight
- 64th
- of 105 Tsiklon-2 flights
- Date and time
- 7 August 1984, 22:50 UTC
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-2
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 90, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1984-083
- Launches in 1984
- 83rd of 129
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