Kosmos 606

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Kosmos 606
Mission type Early warning
COSPAR ID 1973-084A OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 6916
Mission duration50 years, 11 months, 2 days (in orbit)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type US-K [1]
Launch mass1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date2 November 1973, 13:01 (1973-11-02UTC13:01Z) UTC
Rocket Molniya-M/2BL [1]
Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome [1] [2]
End of mission
Deactivated30 April 1974 [3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
RegimeMolniya [1]
Perigee altitude 658 kilometres (409 mi) [4]
Apogee altitude 39,687 kilometres (24,660 mi) [4]
Inclination 62.7 degrees [4]
Period 717.60 minutes [4]

Kosmos 606 ( ‹See Tfd› Russian : Космос 606 or Cosmos 606) was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1973 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors. [1]

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Launch

Kosmos 606 was launched from Site 41/1 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Russian SSR. [2] A Molniya-M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 13:01 UTC on 2 November 1973. [2]

Orbit

The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 1973-084A . [4] The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 6916. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "US-K (73D6)". Gunter's Space Page. 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  2. 1 2 3 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Podvig, Pavel (2002). "History and the Current Status of the Russian Early-Warning System" (PDF). Science and Global Security. 10 (1): 21–60. Bibcode:2002S&GS...10...21P. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.692.6127 . doi:10.1080/08929880212328. ISSN   0892-9882. S2CID   122901563. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 30 April 2012.


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