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Article Number: 17F115. Class: Military. Type: Target. Destination: Surveillance Orbit. Nation: Russia. Agency: MO RF. Manufacturer: Reshetnev. Calibration mission. Tentatively identified as third generation replacement for Taifun-2, perhaps to have been launched by the Tsyklon 3 launch vehicle. One possible launch in 1988 by Zenit-2. Typical orbit: 149 x 1054 km, 64.8 deg inclinaton. Mass: 15,000 kg (33,000 lb).
Koltso Chronology - 1986 October 22 - Cosmos 1786 - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC45/1. Launch Vehicle: Zenit. Mass: 15,000 kg (33,000 lb). Perigee: 149 km (92 mi). Apogee: 1,054 km (654 mi). Inclination: 64.80 deg. Period: 96.70 min.
Radar calibration mission.
Bibliography:- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
- Voevodin, Sergey A, VSA072 - Space Apparatus, "Sergey A. Voevodin's Reports", Web Address when accessed: http://home.attbi.com/~rusaerog/spacecraft.html.
- McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.
- Melnik, T G, Voenno-Kosmicheskiy Siliy, Nauka, Moscow, 1997..
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