LAUNCH CENTER

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Success
Wed Nov 02 1994
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

US-PM 5

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

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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.

Tsiklon-2 rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Government/Top Secret
  • S-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