8K513
Missile · Russia
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Russian anti-satellite missile. ASAT version of the GR-1. Little has emerged about Korolev's ASAT project, "...designed to destroy enemy combat satellites in their operational orbits…", developed in competition with Chelomei's UR-200 in 1961-1964.
LEO Payload: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) to a 150 km orbit at 52.00 degrees.
Related
- Family
- anti-satellite
- Country
- Russia
- Stages
- 8K513 Blok B, GR-1 Stage 1, GR-1 Stage 3
- Agency
- Korolev bureau