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In 1969 KB Yuzhnoye introduced targets for exercise and test of PVO air defense and space tracking systems. The second generation consisted of Taifun-1 and Taifun-2 radar calibration satellites, which differed in the type of equipment installed. In 1972 KB-3 under B E Khimrov, with the co-operation of assisting organizations and the Ministry of Defense, completed the draft project. The first Taifun-2 was completed in 1976. Flight trials were conducted in the second half of the 1970's using Kosmos-3M launch vehicles from Plesetsk and Kapustin Yar. The heads of the State Trials Commission were B N Karpov, N N Zhukov, and B G Zudin. The system was accepted into military service on 12 March 1981 after 11 launches. Taifun-2 satellites were spherical in shape, 2 m in diameter, with no external solar cells or antennae. Taifun-2 normally released 25 Romb subsatellites into an orbit of 300 to 500 km altitude, at inclinations of 50.7 degrees (from Kapustin Yar) and 65.9 74, or 82.9 degrees (from Plesetsk). Two unique missions in 1989-1990 were put into 180 km x 1550 km orbits at 65.8 degrees. With this higher apogee the payload was reduced to 10 Romb subsatellites. Typical orbit: 382 x 567 km, 63.6 deg inclinaton. Length: 2.00 m (6.50 ft). Maximum Diameter: 2.00 m (6.50 ft). Span: 2.00 m (6.50 ft). Associated Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M, Tsyklon 3. Taifun-2 Chronology
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