Kosmos 1500

 1983-099A

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Okean-OE No. 1 (Kosmos-1500) was launched on 1983 Sep 28. The third in the Okean series was the first of the NKhM series (Narodno-Khozyaistvennyi Morskoy, National Economy Maritime Satellite), NKhM No. 1.

Kosmos-1500
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Sep 28	0759	Launch by Tsiklon-3	PL LC32/1
		T+2:00 St 1 sep
		T+3:33 GO sep
		T+4:38 St 2 sep
		T+5:20 S5M burn 1
	0805	T+6:48 S5M MECO1
		T+39:20 BOZ burn
	0839	T+40:58 S5M burn 2
	0840	T+41:08 S5M MECO2
		T+41:38 S5M sep
1983 Sep 28			97.8 635x667x82.5
1986 Jul 16		end of ops

Payload:

• IR radiometers

• Microwave radiometers

• Side-looking radar