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From 1969 KB Yuzhnoye built the Lira targets for exercise and test of PVO air defense and space tracking systems. The second generation consisted of Taifun-1 and Taifun-2 satellites, which differed in the type of equipment installed. Taifun-2 would release up to 25 Romb sub-satellites, while Taifun-1 did not. In 1972 KB-3 under B E Khimrov, with the co-operation of assisting organizations and the Ministry of Defense, completed the draft project. The first Taifun-1 was completed in 1974, and flight trials were conducted in the second half of the 1970's using Kosmos-3M launch vehicles from Plesetsk and Kapustin Yar. The heads of the State Trials Commission were B N Karpov, N N Zhukov, and B G Zudin. Vektor satellites were spherical in shape, about 2 m in diameter, the surface covered with solar cells and equipped with four antennae. Typical orbit: 373 x 768 km, 71.2 deg inclinaton. Length: 2.00 m (6.50 ft). Maximum Diameter: 2.00 m (6.50 ft). Span: 2.00 m (6.50 ft). Associated Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M. Taifun-1 Chronology
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