Launch Overview
Vehicle
Tsiklon-2
Agency
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Site / Pad
GIK-5 / LC90/19
Outcome
Success
Flight
670-33- 303
COSPAR Designator
1997-079
Mission
US-PM 9 (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
73 (8 YTD)
Site launches
1100 (16 YTD)
Pad launches
16 (1 YTD)