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1997 · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

US-PM 9

successTsiklon-2 | US-PM 9

US-PM (Upravlenniye Sputnik Passivny Modifikirovanny) (also reported as US-PU) was a solar powered improved EORSAT (Electronic Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite). It used an passive ELINT devices to track naval vessels from space by registering their electronic emmissions.

Overview

Date / time
December 9, 1997 at 07:17 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
90/19
Mission
US-PM 9
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Tsiklon-2 →
Launch provider
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) →

Payloads deployed · 1

COSMOS 2347
LEO