Mission record

Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 2

Tsiklon-2· 90/20· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Provider type
Government
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Launch site
Kazakhstan
Date
Wed, 28 Apr 1993 03:39:20 GMT
Orbital launch #
#3814 ever

Mission

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.

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