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Kosmos 1581 (russian: Космос 1581 meaning ''Cosmos 1581'') is a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1984 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors. Kosmos 1581 was launched from Site 43/4 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Russian SSR. A Molniya-M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 21:31 UTC on 3 July 1984. The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit. It subsequently received its
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designation, and the international designator 1984-071A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 15095.


See also

* List of Kosmos satellites (1501–1750) *
List of R-7 launches (1980-1984) This is a list of launches made by the R-7 Semyorka ICBM, and its derivatives. All launches are orbital satellite launches, unless stated otherwise. Due to the size of the list, it has been split into several smaller articles: * List of R-7 ...
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List of Oko satellites Oko is a Russian satellite-based missile detection and early warning system. The system has used a total of 101 satellites, which were launched between 1972 and 2012. Eighty six US-K satellites, operated in semisynchronous elliptical molniya orb ...


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