Launch Overview
Vehicle
Tsiklon-2
Agency
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Site / Pad
GIK-5 / LC90/19
Outcome
Success
Flight
45013-302
COSPAR Designator
1996-069
Mission
US-PM 8 (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
65 (8 YTD)
Site launches
1084 (16 YTD)
Pad launches
15 (1 YTD)