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Tselina
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Program: Tselina. Objective: ELINT. Overview: Russian ELINT satellite network. Major Events:
- 1980 March 18 - Tselina-D. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8A92M.
This was the worst disaster since the Nedelin Catastrophe on 24 October 1964. A commission of military officers and chief designers reviewed the incident and requested changes to equipment and procedures, especially as regarded liquid oxygen handling. Another source reports that the explosion occurred during the fuelling of the Block E upper stage, and was due to hydrogen peroxide being present in a lox line filter and a confusion between fuel and lox lines. This error had always been possible, but had never happened in the 20 years of use of the booster before the explosion. The launch pad was badly damaged and not put back into service until April 1983.
- 1981 May 19 - Cosmos 1271. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 2,500 kg (5,500 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8A92M.
Replaced Cosmos 1077.
- 1981 October 13 - Cosmos 1315. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 2,500 kg (5,500 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8A92M.
Replaced Cosmos 1154.
- 1982 February 19 - Cosmos 1340. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 2,500 kg (5,500 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8A92M.
Replaced Cosmos 1206.
- 1982 March 31 - Cosmos 1346. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 2,500 kg (5,500 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8A92M.
Replaced Cosmos 1222.
- 1982 May 5 - Cosmos 1356. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 2,500 kg (5,500 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8A92M.
Replaced Cosmos 1184.
- 1982 August 5 - Cosmos 1400. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 2,500 kg (5,500 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8A92M.
Replaced Cosmos 1315.
- 1982 September 16 - Cosmos 1408. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 2,200 kg (4,800 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.
Replaced Cosmos 1378.
- 1984 February 8 - Cosmos 1536. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 2,200 kg (4,800 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.
- 1984 October 18 - Cosmos 1606. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 2,000 kg (4,400 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.
Replaced Cosmos 1455.
- 1985 January 24 - Cosmos 1626. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 2,200 kg (4,800 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.
Replaced Cosmos 1408.
- 1985 March 5 - Cosmos 1633. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 2,200 kg (4,800 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.
Replaced Cosmos 1470.
- 1985 April 13 - Zenit launch vehicle test. Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
- 1985 April 13 - R&D suborbital Zenit launch vehicle test. Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
Suborbital.
- 1985 August 8 - Cosmos 1674. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.
Replaced Cosmos 1536.
- 1986 January 17 - Cosmos 1726. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 2,000 kg (4,400 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.
- 1986 May 15 - Cosmos 1743. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 1,600 kg (3,500 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.
Replaced Cosmos 1626.
- 1986 June 12 - Cosmos 1758. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 1,600 kg (3,500 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.
Replaced Cosmos 1666.
- 1986 September 30 - Cosmos 1782. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 1,400 kg (3,000 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.
- 1986 December 10 - Cosmos 1805. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 1,400 kg (3,000 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.
- 1987 January 14 - Cosmos 1812. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 1,600 kg (3,500 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.
Ocean surveillance.
- 1987 March 3 - Cosmos 1825. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 1,600 kg (3,500 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.
Ocean surveillance.
- 1987 March 18 - Cosmos 1833. Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
- 1987 May 13 - Cosmos 1844. Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
- 1987 October 20 - Cosmos 1892. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 1,600 kg (3,500 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.
- 1988 May 15 - Cosmos 1943. Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
- 1988 June 14 - Cosmos 1953. Spacecraft: Tselina-D. Mass: 1,600 kg (3,500 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3.
Outer space research.
- 1988 November 23 - Cosmos 1980. Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
- 1990 May 22 - Cosmos 2082. Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
- 1990 October 4 - Tselina-2. Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
- 1991 August 30 - Tselina-2. Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
- 1992 February 5 - Tselina-2. Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
- 1992 November 17 - Cosmos 2219. Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
- 1992 December 25 - Cosmos 2227. Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
- 1993 March 26 - Cosmos 2237. Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
- 1993 September 16 - Cosmos 2263. Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
- 1994 April 23 - Cosmos 2278. Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
- 1994 November 24 - Cosmos 2297. Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
- 1995 October 31 - Cosmos 2322. Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Mass: 6,000 kg (13,200 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
- 1996 September 4 - Cosmos 2333. Spacecraft: Tselina-2. Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2.
New heavy ELINT class.
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