Proton-K/Blok-DM-2 from Baikonur launched Kosmos 1603, the first Tselina-2 electronic-intelligence (SIGINT) satellite, a heavier next-generation ELINT platform flown on Proton while the Zenit-2 launcher was delayed.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.3 T
- Flight
- 6th
- of 110 Proton K/DM-2 flights
- Date and time
- 28 September 1984, 14:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton K/DM-2
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1984-106
- Launches in 1984
- 106th of 129
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