Russia Exhibits Military Satellites,

Abstract

At the 93 International Aerospace Salon held in Moscow, Russia displayed for the first time a strategic reconnaissance satellite and an engineering model of a Global Navigation Satellite (Glonass). The military satellite shown was the Cosmos 2207 (see figure 1), which had two large camera lenses for visible light and infrared imagery with resolutions of up to 4.9 meters. One of the lenses had a diameter of 30 centimeters, and the other was slightly larger. Cosmos 2207 was launched on February 301, 1992 and was recovered after carrying out a two-week reconnaissance mission. The former Soviet Union launches about 20 of these satellites every year. This is a third-generation reconnaissance satellite which is still used in large-scale reconnaissance missions today. The second satellite exhibited was the Glonass satellite (see figure 2). So far, Russia has launched 13 of these satellites. Eight of these satellites are in the same orbital plane, and the other five are in another orbital plane. Three more launches are planned.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 04, 1996
Accession Number
ADA309732

Entities

People

  • En. Wen

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Craft
  • Air Intelligence
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Camera Lenses
  • Cameras
  • Lenses
  • Military Satellites
  • Navigation Satellites
  • Photography
  • Reconnaissance
  • Reconnaissance Satellites
  • Satellite Buses
  • Space Stations
  • Spacecraft
  • Ussr
  • Vehicles
  • Visible Spectra

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites