Soviet Space Program Handbook.

Abstract

This study establishes the need for a handbook on the Soviet space program. The first section describes the three Soviet space launch sites. The second describes the operational Soviet space launch vehicles including their dimensions, capabilities, and payloads. Each major Soviet satellite program is then described in detail. Included here are orbital parameters, constellation sizes and phasings, mission profiles, and vehicle descriptions. And finally, the handbook contains several useful appendices such as launch azimuth vs. inclination graphs for each launch site, a geosynchronous coverage schematic, and several historical analyses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA194332

Entities

People

  • Roy Longstaffe

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Apogees
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Astronautics
  • Electronic Intelligence
  • Geosynchronous Satellites
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Navigation Satellites
  • Payload
  • Reconnaissance Satellites
  • Satellite Buses
  • Satellite Orbits
  • Space Objects
  • Space Stations
  • Space Systems
  • Space Transportation
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Orbits

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites