The Razdan satellite is reportedly a new electro-optical reconnaissance satellite designed as a successor to the Persona (Kvarts) satellites.
Reportedly Razdan will feature a significant improvement over the capabilities of its predecessors, including a new high-speed secure radio channel.
Razdan features a LOMO-built optical system. The third satellite will be the first to carry a new 2.35 meter mirror optics that will be built by the Zverev factory in Krasnogorsk.
| Nation: | Russia |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Reconnaissance, optical |
| Operator: | VKO |
| Contractors: | TsSKB-Progress (bus), LOMO (payload) |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | Deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | + 7000 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosmos 2572 (Razdan #1) ? | 2023-182A | 25.11.2023 | Pl LC-43/4 | Soyuz-2-1b | ||
| Kosmos 2xxx (Razdan #2) | - | 202x | Pl | |||
| Kosmos 2xxx (Razdan #3) | - | 202x | Pl |
