Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
07:00:00
Tuesday October 22, 1985
First successful flight of Zenit-2 rocket.
Cosmos 1697 was a dynamic simulator of the Tselina-2 ELINT satellite to evaluate the Zenit-2 launch vehicle.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
3,250 kilograms
3rd
Mission
3rd
Mission of 1985
1948th
Mission
79th
Mission of 1985
100th
Orbital launch attempt