Okean
Okean-O
Program: Okean. Objective: Earth. Type: Radarsat. Overview: Naval radar satellite network.
Major Events:

  • 1979 February 12 - Cosmos 1076.  Spacecraft: Okean-E. Mass: 1,950 kg (4,290 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.

    Test mission of Okean satellite without the radar. Development of methods for obtaining operational information on the Pacific Ocean.

  • 1980 January 23 - Cosmos 1151.  Spacecraft: Okean-E. Mass: 1,950 kg (4,290 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.

    Test mission of Okean satellite without the radar. Testing of methods for obtaining operational information on the oceans.

  • 1983 September 28 - Cosmos 1500.  Spacecraft: Okean-OE. Mass: 1,950 kg (4,290 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.

    Elaboration of new kinds of information-measuring apparatus and methods of remote investigation of the Pacific Ocean in the interests of science and of various branches of the national economy of the USSR.

  • 1984 September 28 - Cosmos 1602.  Spacecraft: Okean-OE. Mass: 1,950 kg (4,290 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.

    Gathering of operational information and continued trials of new kinds of information and measurement apparatus and methods of remote investigation of the seas and oceans and the earth's surface in the interests of science and of various branches of the n ational economy of the USSR.

  • 1986 July 28 - Cosmos 1766.  Spacecraft: Okean-O1. Mass: 1,950 kg (4,290 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.

    Oceanographic. Acquisition of operational oceanographic information in the interests of various branches of the national economy of the USSR and international cooperation; continued trials of new types of informational and measurement apparatus and methods of remote sen sing of the earth's surface and atmosphere.

  • 1987 July 16 - Cosmos 1869.  Spacecraft: Okean-O1. Mass: 1,950 kg (4,290 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.

    Oceanographic. Acquisition of operational oceanographic information in the interests of various branches of the national economy of the USSR and international cooperation.

  • 1988 July 5 - Okean 1.  Spacecraft: Okean-O1. Mass: 1,950 kg (4,290 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.

    Oceanographic. Gathering of up-to-date oceanographic information and data on ice conditions in the interests of the Soviet economy and international cooperation.

  • 1990 February 28 - Okean 2.  Spacecraft: Okean-O1. Mass: 1,950 kg (4,290 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.

    Oceanographic remote sensing. Gathering of up-to-date oceanographic information and data on ice conditions in the interests of the Soviet economy and international cooperation.

  • 1991 June 4 - Okean 3.  Spacecraft: Okean-O1. Mass: 1,950 kg (4,290 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.

    Oceanography. Gathering of up-to-date oceanographic information and data on ice conditions in the interests of the Soviet economy and international cooperation. Okean 3 ceased working in January of 1994.

  • 1994 October 11 - Okean-O1 no. 7.  Spacecraft: Okean-O1. Mass: 1,950 kg (4,290 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.

    Oceanography.

  • 1995 August 31 - Sich 1.  Spacecraft: Okean-O1. Mass: 1,950 kg (4,290 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.

    Oceanographic remote sensing; carried FASat-Alfa microsat for Chile that failed to deploy.

  • 1999 July 17 - Okean-O.  Spacecraft: Okean-O. Mass: 4,360 kg (9,610 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.

    First of a new generation of larger Okean oceanographic satellites, carried a side-looking radar (RSL-BO), and a set of visible and infrared scanners and radiometers. It is built by the Ukrainian Yuzhnoye company and is a joint project of the Russian Aviation/Space Agency (RAKA) and the Ukrainian National Space Agency (NKAU).

  • 2004 December 24 - Sich-1M.  Spacecraft: Okean-O1. Mass: 2,263 kg (4,989 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.

    Ukranian-built remote sensing satellite. Originally tagged by USAF SpaceCom as Cosmos 2412. Third stage apogee kick burn was too short, raising the perigee of the orbit from 78 km to 280 km, rather than the 650 km planned.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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