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Taifun-3
Taifun-3
Taifun-3
Credit: KB Yuzhnoye
Russian military target satellite. Specifications for a third generation Taifun-3 system were developed in 1980 with flight trials to have started in 1984.

AKA: 17F114;Duga-K. Status: Operational 1988. First Launch: 1988-12-23. Last Launch: 1989-12-27. Number: 2 . Gross mass: 3,000 kg (6,600 lb).

In the event flights seem not to have started until 1988. This target system was designed for exercise and calibration of space control sensors. The satellite was launched by the Tsyklon 3 launch vehicle and released 36 Romb subsatellites.


More at: Taifun-3.

Family: Military, Military target sat, Surveillance. Country: Russia. Launch Vehicles: Tsiklon, Tsiklon-3. Launch Sites: Plesetsk, Plesetsk LC32/2, Plesetsk LC32. Agency: MO, Reshetnev bureau. Bibliography: 102, 2, 445, 6.
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Duga-KDuga-K
Credit: KB Yuzhnoye


Duga-KDuga-K
Credit: Yuzhnoye


Cosmos 2059Cosmos 2059
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1988 December 23 - . 07:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC32. Launch Pad: LC32/1. LV Family: R-36. Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon-3.
1989 December 27 - . 00:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC32/2. LV Family: R-36. Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon-3.

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