Potok (Geizer, 11F663)
Potok [NPO PM] |
Potok military relay satellites - code named Geizer - handle communications between ground stations and digital data from the Yantar-4KS1 and Yantar-4KS1M electro-optical reconnaissance satellite. The Slav-2 and Sintez transponders aboard Potok were developed by NPO Elas. They utilize a octagonal phased-array antenna.
From Geizer spacecraft positioned at 80 degrees E and 13.5 degrees W, the Potok system was designed for digital data transmissions in C-band. Mobile and stationary transmitter/receiver stations were used with antenna diameters of 2.6-3 m as well as compact phased-array antennas.
A replacement for the Potok / Geizer series will be the Garpun satellites.
| Nation: | U.S.S.R. / Russia |
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| Type / Application: | Military relay |
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| Contractors: | NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki (NPO PM) |
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| Configuration: | KAUR-3 |
| Propulsion: | 4 SPT-70 Stationary Plasma Thrusters |
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| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launcher | Remarks: | |
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| Kosmos 1366 (Potok #1, Geizer 11L)) | 17.05.1982 | TB LC-200/39 | Proton-K Blok-DM | ||
| Kosmos 1540 (Potok #2, Geizer 12L) | 02.03.1984 | TB LC-200/40 | Proton-K Blok-DM | ||
| Kosmos 1738 (Potok #3, Geizer 13L) | 04.04.1986 | TB LC-200/40 | Proton-K Blok-DM | ||
| Kosmos 1888 (Potok #4, Geizer 15L) | 01.10.1987 | TB LC-200/39 | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | ||
| Kosmos 1961 (Potok #5, Geizer 16L) | 01.08.1988 | TB LC-200/39 | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | ||
| Kosmos 2085 (Potok #6, Geizer 17L) | 18.07.1990 | TB LC-200/39 | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | ||
| Kosmos 2172 (Potok #7, Geizer 18L) | 22.11.1991 | TB LC-81/23 | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | ||
| Kosmos 2291 (Potok #8, Geizer 19L) | 21.09.1994 | TB LC-200/39 | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | ||
| Kosmos 2319 (Potok #9, Geizer 20L) | 30.08.1995 | TB LC-200/39 | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | ||
| Kosmos 2371 (Potok #10, Geizer xxx) | 04.07.2000 | TB LC-200/39 | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 |