Kosmos 1774 (Russian: Космос 1774 meaning Cosmos 1774) was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite launched in 1986 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme.
The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors.
[2] Kosmos 1774 was launched from Site 16/2 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Russian SSR.
[5] A Molniya-M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 08:02 UTC on 28 August 1986.
[3] The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 16922.