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Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 1

March 30, 1993 at 12:00 PM UTC

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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March 30, 1993 at 12:00 PM UTC

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90/20

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan · 46.0810, 62.9298

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Rocket
Tsiklon-2
Launch site
90/20

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Launch probability
Not published
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March 30, 1993 at 12:00 PM UTC
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March 30, 1993 at 12:00 PM UTC
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June 14, 2023 at 4:24 AM UTC

Mission description

US-PM (Upravlenniye Sputnik Passivny Modifikirovanny) (also reported as US-PU) was a solar powered improved EORSAT (Electronic Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite). It used an passive ELINT devices to track naval vessels from space by registering their electronic emmissions.

Vehicle

Tsiklon-2

Tsiklon · 2

Height

39.7 m

Diameter

3 m

LEO capacity

2,820 kg

Successful launches

103

Launch complex

90/20

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian crewed spaceflights are launched from Baikonur.

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