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.
The replacement for the Potok / Geizer series are the Garpun satellites.
Nation: | USSR / Russia |
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Type / Application: | Military relay |
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Contractors: | NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki (NPO PM) |
Equipment: | Slav-2 and Sintez C-band transponders |
Configuration: | MSS-2500-GSO |
Propulsion: | 4 × SPT-70 Stationary Plasma Thrusters |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
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Orbit: | GEO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Kosmos 1366 (Potok #1, Geizer 11L) | 1982-044A | 17.05.1982 | Ba LC-200/39 | Proton-K Blok-DM | ||
Kosmos 1540 (Potok #2, Geizer 12L) | 1984-022A | 02.03.1984 | Ba LC-200/40 | Proton-K Blok-DM | ||
Kosmos 1738 (Potok #3, Geizer 13L) | 1986-027A | 04.04.1986 | Ba LC-200/40 | Proton-K Blok-DM | ||
Kosmos 1888 (Potok #4, Geizer 15L) | 1987-084A | 01.10.1987 | Ba LC-200/39 | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | ||
Kosmos 1961 (Potok #5, Geizer 16L) | 1988-066A | 01.08.1988 | Ba LC-200/39 | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | ||
Kosmos 2085 (Potok #6, Geizer 17L) | 1990-061A | 18.07.1990 | Ba LC-200/39 | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | ||
Kosmos 2172 (Potok #7, Geizer 18L) | 1991-079A | 22.11.1991 | Ba LC-81/23 | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | ||
Kosmos 2291 (Potok #8, Geizer 19L) | 1994-060A | 21.09.1994 | Ba LC-200/39 | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | ||
Kosmos 2319 (Potok #9, Geizer 20L) | 1995-045A | 30.08.1995 | Ba LC-200/39 | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | ||
Kosmos 2371 (Potok #10, Geizer 22L) | 2000-036A | 04.07.2000 | Ba LC-200/39 | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | ||
Kosmos x (Potok #x, Geizer 14L) | - | not launched | Ba | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 | ||
Kosmos x (Potok #x, Geizer 21L) | - | not launched | Ba | Proton-K Blok-DM-2 |