Soyuz-U from Plesetsk launched Kosmos 1599, a Yantar-4K2 (Kobalt) high-resolution film-return reconnaissance satellite for the Soviet military, returning imagery via recoverable film capsules.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 385th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 25 September 1984, 14:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1984-102
- Launches in 1984
- 102nd of 129
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