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Class: Communications. Type: Military. Destination: Geosynchronous Orbit. Nation: Russia. Manufacturer: Reshetnev. Military nuclear powered communications satellite. Development approved by the Soviet VPK Military-Industrial Commission on 8 January 1982. The satellite would have used the 5 kW nuclear reactor originally planned for the Ekran satellite and used secure uninterceptable laser and radio inter-satellite and space-to-ground communications links. Did not reach flight status before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Typical orbit: Geosynchronous. Electrical System: Nuclear reactor. Electric System: 5.00 average kW. Estafeta Chronology
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