Launched Kosmos 1963, a Yantar-4K1 photographic reconnaissance satellite for the Soviet military, from Baikonur. It returned film via two small recoverable capsules during the mission plus its main capsule at the end of a 47-day flight.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 515th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 16 August 1988, 13:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1988-070
- Launches in 1988
- 74th of 121
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