LaunchesPion-NKS No. 1 (Kosmos 2550)
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Pion-NKS No. 1 (Kosmos 2550)
Soyuz 2.1b · Government/Top Secret
202143/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Mission
The Russian Pion-NKS (14F139) satellites are the naval component of the next generation ELINT satellite system Liana. As a replacement for both the passive ELINT US-PM and the active radar US-A, they carry both ELINT sensors as well as an active radar.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Russian Space Forces
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1b
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- 43/4 (43R)
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2