1995 · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
US-PM 7
successTsiklon-2 | US-PM 7
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 20, 1995 at 12:52 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- 90/20
- Mission
- US-PM 7
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit