Tsiklon-2 from Baikonur lofted Cosmos 1890, a US-P (EORSAT) passive ocean-reconnaissance satellite that tracked foreign naval vessels by intercepting their electronic emissions from low Earth orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.3 T
- Flight
- 80th
- of 105 Tsiklon-2 flights
- Date and time
- 10 October 1987, 21:48 UTC
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-2
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 90, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1987-086
- Launches in 1987
- 90th of 114
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