LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Sun Jun 25 2006

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

US-PM 13

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(4:00 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(4:00 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(4:00 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Tsiklon-2

Description:

The Tsyklon-2 (cyclone-2), also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Ukrainian, previously Soviet orbital carrier rocket used from the 1960s to the late 2000s.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Government/Top Secret
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.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

90/20