LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Wed Jul 20 1966

Soviet Space Program

US-AO 2

Launch Successful

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

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Type

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Rocket Details

Name:

Soyuz 11A510

Description:

The Soyuz/Vostok, also known as just Soyuz or Vostok, or by its GRAU index, 11A510 was an interim expendable carrier rocket used by the Soviet Union in 1965 and 1966. Two were launched with prototype US-A satellites.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Government/Top Secret
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.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

31/6