Soyuz-U from Plesetsk lofted Kosmos 1609, a Zenit-8 (Oblik) film-return photoreconnaissance satellite for the Soviet military, recovering imagery via a reentry capsule.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T
- Flight
- 388th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 14 November 1984, 12:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1984-117
- Launches in 1984
- 117th of 129
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