Kosmos 1675, a US-K (Oko #41) early-warning satellite, launched on a Molniya-M (Blok-2BL) from Plesetsk into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit. It watched for ballistic-missile launches as part of the Soviet missile-warning network.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 173rd
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 12 August 1985, 15:09 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 16/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1985-071
- Launches in 1985
- 72nd of 125
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