Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

US-PM 8

Tsiklon-2

SUCCESS
Success

Wednesday, December 11, 1996 · 12:00 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Tsiklon-2

Variant: 2

Launch Pad

90/19

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

46.081° N, 62.930° E

15

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