Launch Overview
Vehicle
Tsiklon-2
Agency
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Site / Pad
GIK-5 / LC90/20
Outcome
Success
Flight
51041-505
COSPAR Designator
1995-028
Mission
US-PM 6 (Government/Top Secret)
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.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Tsiklon-2
Provider
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Agency launches
50 (4 YTD)
Site launches
1055 (6 YTD)
Pad launches
18 (1 YTD)