US-P
US-P (Upravlenniye Sputnik Passivny) was a solar powered EORSAT (Electronic Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite). It used an passive ELINT devices to track naval vessels from space by registering their electronic emmissions.
The soviet satellite systems to monitor foreign fleet movements split into two families, the passive US-P program and the active radar equipped satellites designated US-A which carried nuclear reactors.
Both types shared the same US bus, which provided maneuvering capabilities to the spacecraft. As the passive detection systems did not need as much power as the active radar system of the US-A, it was fitted with solar arrays.
The satellites were built by the KB Arsenal design bureau in Leningrad/St.-Petersburg, and the payloads by the Central Scientific Radiotechnical Research Institute or TsNIRTI in Moscow.
The US-P were placed into a 420 km orbits inclined 65 degrees by the Tsiklon-2 booster. Systems aboard the 3300 kg satellite included the Radio-Technical Reconnaissance system and systems for electronic camouflage and self-protection. An engine unit maintained the orbital altitude and made a final deorbit of the satellite at the end of the mission.
Nation: | USSR |
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Type / Application: | Ocean surveillance, passive |
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Contractors: | KB Arsenal, TsNIRTI |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | US-Bus |
Propulsion: | |
Power: | 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
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Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Kosmos 699 (US-P #1) | 1974-103A | 24.12.1974 | Ba LC-90/20 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 777 (US-P #2) | 1975-102A | 29.10.1975 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 838 (US-P #3) | 1976-063A | 02.07.1976 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 868 (US-P #4) | 1976-113A | 26.11.1976 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 937 (US-P #5) | 1977-077A | 24.08.1977 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1094 (US-P #6) | 1979-033A | 18.04.1979 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1096 (US-P #7) | 1979-036A | 25.04.1979 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1167 (US-P #8) | 1980-021A | 14.03.1980 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1220 (US-P #9) | 1980-089A | 04.11.1980 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1260 (US-P #10) | 1981-028A | 20.03.1981 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1286 (US-P #11) | 1981-072A | 04.08.1981 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1306 (US-P #12) | 1981-089A | 14.09.1981 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1337 (US-P #13) | 1982-010A | 11.02.1982 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1355 (US-P #14) | 1982-038A | 29.04.1982 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1405 (US-P #15) | 1982-088A | 04.09.1982 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1461 (US-P #16) | 1983-044A | 07.05.1983 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1507 (US-P #17) | 1983-110A | 29.10.1983 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1567 (US-P #18) | 1984-053A | 30.05.1984 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1588 (US-P #19) | 1984-083A | 07.08.1984 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1625 (US-P #20) | 1985-008A | 23.01.1985 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1646 (US-P #21) | 1985-030A | 18.04.1985 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1682 (US-P #22) | 1985-082A | 19.09.1985 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1735 (US-P #23) | 1986-021A | 27.02.1986 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1737 (US-P #24) | 1986-025A | 25.03.1986 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1769 (US-P #25) | 1986-059A | 04.08.1986 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1834 (US-P #26) | 1987-031A | 08.04.1987 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1890 (US-P #27) | 1987-086A | 10.10.1987 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1949 (US-P #28) | 1988-045A | 28.05.1988 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 1979 (US-P #29) | 1988-101A | 18.11.1988 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 2033 (US-P #30) | 1989-058A | 24.07.1989 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 2046 (US-P #31) | 1989-079A | 27.09.1989 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 2051 (US-P #32) | 1989-092A | 24.11.1989 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 2060 (US-P #33) | 1990-022A | 14.03.1990 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 2096 (US-P #34) | 1990-075A | 23.08.1990 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 2103 (US-P #35) | 1990-096A | 14.11.1990 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 2107 (US-P #36) | 1990-108A | 04.12.1990 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 | ||
Kosmos 2122 (US-P #37) | 1991-005A | 18.01.1991 | Ba LC-90 | Tsiklon-2 |