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The Russian Garpun military relay satellites are the replacement for the Potok / Geizer series for the nation's Command and Relay System (GKKRS) which is also known as Rassvet.
The satellites are developed by ISS Reshetnev, probably based on the Ekspress-2000 bus.
Likely users for the Garpun satellite are Persona and Bars-M optical reconnaissance satellites and the Pion-NKS and Lotos-S ELINT satellites.
Garpun No.11 was stationed at 80 East from 2011 to 2016 and at 13.5 West from 2016 to 2020. It appears to have failed end of June 2020 and is now drifting without control.
| Nation: | Russia |
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| Type / Application: | Military relay |
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| Contractors: | ISS Reshetnev |
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| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
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| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| Kosmos 2473 (Garpun 11L) | 2011-048A | 20.09.2011 | Ba LC-81/24 | Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.1 mod. 2) | ||
| Kosmos 2513 (Garpun 12L) | 2015-075A | 13.12.2015 | Ba LC-81/24 | Proton-M Briz-M (Ph.1 mod. 2) |
Launch Sites:
- Ba = Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam, Kazakhstan
