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Taifun-1B (Yug) with launch cradle [Yuzhnoye]
The Taifun-1B or Yug were passive radar calibration satellites employed by the USSR and later Russia.
They consisted of a 2 m diameter spherical with smooth surface and had a launch weight of about 500 kg. The Yug satellites were produced by Yuzhnoye and were launched by Kosmos-3M rockets employing a special launch cradle. Originally was also supposed to be based on the Taifun-1 platform, but that eventually another design was chosen.
One Yug satellite was launched on a development flight of the Zenit-2 rocket in 1986.
| Nation: | USSR / Russia |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Radar calibration |
| Operator: | |
| Contractors: | Yuzhnoye |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | 2 m sphere |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | None |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | ~ 500 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosmos 1146 (Taifun-1B #1, Yug #1) | 1979-100A | 05.12.1979 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
| Kosmos 1179 (Taifun-1B #2, Yug #2) | 1980-037A | 14.05.1980 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
| Kosmos 1418 (Taifun-1B #3, Yug #3) | 1982-104A | 21.10.1982 | KY LC-107 | Kosmos-3M | ||
| Kosmos 1427 (Taifun-1B #4, Yug #4) | 1982-121A | 29.12.1982 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
| Kosmos 1463 (Taifun-1B #5, Yug #5) | 1983-046A | 19.05.1983 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
| Kosmos 1502 (Taifun-1B #6, Yug #6) | 1983-102A | 05.10.1983 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
| Kosmos 1578 (Taifun-1B #7, Yug #7) | 1984-068A | 28.06.1984 | KY LC-107 | Kosmos-3M | ||
| Kosmos 1615 (Taifun-1B #8, Yug #8) | 1984-127A | 20.12.1984 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
| Kosmos 1786 (Taifun-1B #9, Yug #9) | 1986-080A | 22.10.1986 | Ba LC-45/1 | Zenit-2 | with GVM | |
| Kosmos 1868 (Taifun-1B #10, Yug #10) | 1987-061A | 14.07.1987 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
| Kosmos 2137 (Taifun-1B #11, Yug #11) | 1991-021A | 19.03.1991 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
| Kosmos 2164 (Taifun-1B #12, Yug #12) | 1991-072A | 10.10.1991 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
| Kosmos 2265 (Taifun-1B #13, Yug #13) | 1993-067A | 26.10.1993 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
| Kosmos 2332 (Taifun-1B #14, Yug #14) | 1996-025A | 24.04.1996 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M |
Launch Sites:
- Ba = Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam, USSR
- KY = Kapustin Yar (GTsP-4, GTsMP-4), Volgograd, USSR
- Pl = Plesetsk (NIIP-53, GIK-1, GNIIP), USSR / Russia
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