LaunchesUS-AO 5
Soviet Space ProgramFAILURE
US-AO 5
Tsiklon-2A · Government/Top Secret
196990/19, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission
US-A (Upravlenniye Sputnik Aktivny) were active radar satellites for ocean surveillance. The high power consumtion of the active radar required a nuclear reactor as power source. The satellites were known as RORSAT in the west. The US-AO series consisted of satellites, which tested all the system components but the nuclear reactor. They were battery powered.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-2A
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- 90/19
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2