Cosmos 1953, a Tselina-D signals-intelligence satellite for the Soviet military, built to detect and locate radio emissions from foreign ships, aircraft and ground stations.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.8 T
- Flight
- 69th
- of 122 Tsiklon-3 flights
- Date and time
- 14 June 1988, 03:18 UTC
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-3
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 32/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1988-050
- Launches in 1988
- 51st of 121
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