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1981 · Soviet Space Program

US-A 19

successTsiklon-2 | US-A 19

Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.

Overview

Date / time
August 24, 1981 at 04:37 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Mission
US-A 19
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Tsiklon-2 →
Launch provider
Soviet Space Program →

Payloads deployed · 1

COSMOS 1299
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