Kosmos 1546
Mission type | Early warning |
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Operator | VKS |
COSPAR ID | 1984-031A |
SATCAT no. | 14867 |
Mission duration | 18 months |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | US-KS (74Kh6)[1] |
Manufacturer | Lavochkin[1] |
Launch mass | 2,400 kilograms (5,300 lb)[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 29 March 1984, 05:53:00 (1984-03-29UTC05:53Z) UTC[2] |
Rocket | Proton-K/DM |
Launch site | Baikonur 200/40 |
End of mission | |
Deactivated | 16 November 1986 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Instruments | |
Optical telescope with 50 centimetres (20 in) aperture [1] Infrared sensor/s [1] Smaller telescopes[1] | |
Kosmos 1546 (Russian: Космос 1546 meaning Cosmos 1546) is a Soviet US-KS missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1984 as part of the Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors.[1]
Kosmos 1546 was launched from Site 200/40 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR.[1] A Proton-K carrier rocket with a DM upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 05:53 UTC on 29 March 1984.[3][4] The launch successfully placed the satellite into geostationary orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 1984-031A.[3] The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 14867.[3][4]
It was operational for about 30 months.[4]
See also
- List of Kosmos satellites (1501–1750)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "US-KS (74Kh6)". Gunter's Space Page. 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
- ^ "Cosmos 1546". National Space Science Data Centre. 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
- ^ a b c "Cosmos 1546 on Space-Track". Space-Track. 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ^ a b c 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.
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