Soyuz-U from Baikonur launched Cosmos 1944, a Yantar-1KFT (Kometa) film-return cartographic reconnaissance satellite with TK-350 and KVR-1000 cameras for large-scale topographic mapping.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 505th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 18 May 1988, 10:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1988-041
- Launches in 1988
- 42nd of 121
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