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Zaliv (11F617)

Zaliv [NPO PM]

The first soviet navigation system called Tsiklon consisted of Zaliv satellites in low earth orbit.

The Tsiklon/Zaliv system used the Doppler navigation method.

The Zaliv satellites had a launch mass of 800 kg and consisted of a 2.04 m diameter drum shaped bus with a height of 3 m. They were developed at NPO-PM. The satellites features an hermetically sealed, pressurized inner compartment housing the equipment. Passive attitude control was by a single-axis magneto-gravitational system featuring an extensible gravity gradient boom.

The satellites were launched by Kosmos-3M boosters from Plesetsk. Initially a 780 km orbit with 74° inclination was used. Beginning with the eighth launch, the orbital height was increased to 1000 km. With the 13th launch, the inclination was changed to 82°.

The Tsiklon navigation system was later replaced by the operation Tsiklon-B system featuring Parus satellites and the civilian Tsikada system.

Nation: USSR
Type / Application: Navigation / Communication
Operator:
Contractors: NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki (NPO PM)
Equipment:
Configuration: KAUR-1
Propulsion:
Power: Solar cells, batteries
Lifetime:
Mass: 800 kg
Orbit: 780 km × 780 km, 74° (#1-7); 970 km × 1005 km, 74° (#8-12); 970 km × 1005 km, 82° (#13-26);
Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
Kosmos 192 (Zaliv #1) 1967-116A 23.11.1967 Pl Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 220 (Zaliv #2) 1968-040A 07.05.1968 Pl Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 292 (Zaliv #3) 1969-070A 13.08.1969 Pl Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 304 (Zaliv #4) 1969-091A 21.10.1969 Pl Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 332 (Zaliv #5) 1970-028A 11.04.1970 Pl Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 371 (Zaliv #6) 1970-083A 12.10.1970 Pl Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 385 (Zaliv #7) 1970-108A 12.12.1970 Pl LC-132/2 Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 422 (Zaliv #8) 1971-046A 22.05.1971 Pl LC-132/1 Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 465 (Zaliv #9) 1971-111A 15.12.1971 Pl LC-132/2 Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 475 (Zaliv #10) 1972-009A 25.02.1972 Pl LC-132/2 Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 489 (Zaliv #11) 1972-035A 06.05.1972 Pl Kosmos-3M
Kosmos (562) (Zaliv #12) 1973-F03 25.05.1973 Pl LC-132/1 F Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 574 (Zaliv #13) 1973-042A 20.06.1973 Pl LC-132/1 Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 586 (Zaliv #14) 1973-065A 14.09.1973 Pl LC-132/2 Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 627 (Zaliv #15) 1973-109A 29.12.1973 Pl LC-132/2 Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 628 (Zaliv #16) 1974-001A 17.01.1974 Pl LC-132/2 Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 663 (Zaliv #17) 1974-048A 27.06.1974 Pl LC-132/1 Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 689 (Zaliv #18) 1974-079A 18.10.1974 Pl LC-132/2 Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 729 (Zaliv #19) 1975-034A 22.04.1975 Pl LC-132/1 Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 800 (Zaliv #20) 1976-011A 03.02.1976 Pl LC-132/1 Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 823 (Zaliv #21) 1976-051A 02.06.1976 Pl LC-132/2 Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 846 (Zaliv #22) 1976-078A 29.07.1976 Pl LC-132/1 Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 890 (Zaliv #23) 1977-004A 20.01.1977 Pl LC-132/1 Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 962 (Zaliv #24) 1977-107A 28.10.1977 Pl LC-132/1 Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 994 (Zaliv #25) 1978-028A 15.03.1978 Pl LC-132/2 Kosmos-3M
Kosmos 1027 (Zaliv #26) 1978-074A 27.07.1978 Pl LC-132/2 Kosmos-3M

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