Kosmos 1974, a Soviet US-K early-warning satellite of the Oko system, was launched into a Molniya orbit from Plesetsk to watch for US missile launches using onboard infrared sensors.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 208th
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 3 October 1988, 22:23 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 41/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1988-092
- Launches in 1988
- 96th of 121
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