Launch Overview
Vehicle
Vostok-2A 11A510
Agency
Soviet Space Program
Site / Pad
NIIP-5 / LC31
Outcome
Success
Flight
G 15000- 02
COSPAR Designator
1966-067
Mission
US-AO 2 (Government/Top Secret)
US-A (Upravlenniye Sputnik Aktivny) were active radar satellites for ocean surveillance. The high power consumtion of the active radar required a nuclear reactor as power source. The satellites were known as RORSAT in the west. The US-AO series consisted of satellites, which tested all the system components but the nuclear reactor. They were battery powered.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Soyuz 11A510
Provider
Soviet Space Program
Agency launches
194 (32 YTD)
Site launches
150 (22 YTD)
Pad launches
54 (18 YTD)