flown missionSuccess
Tsiklon-2A | US-AO 4
Soviet Space Program90/19 — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- US-AO 4
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-2A
- Family
- Tsiklon
- Variant
- 2A
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 90/19
- Location
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Country
- KAZ
- Timezone
- Asia/Qyzylorda
- Coordinates
- 46.0810, 62.9298