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Taifun-3 [Yuzhnoye]
Taifun-3 was an improved version of the Taifun-2 series radar calibration satellites.
This series was approved in 25 December 1984, but eventually none were launched. Taifun-3 would have ejected subsatellites of different shapes (spherical, cylindrical, cone-shaped). Both Kosmos-3M and Tsiklon-3 were considered as launch vehicles.
| Nation: | USSR / Russia |
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| Type / Application: | Radar calibration |
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| Contractors: | Yuzhnoye |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | AUOS ? |
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| Power: | 8 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
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| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosmos TBD (Taifun-3 #1) | - | cancelled | Pl | Kosmos-3M or Tsiklon-3 | with x Romb |
Launch Sites:
- Pl = Plesetsk (NIIP-53, GIK-1, GNIIP), USSR
Further Taifun missions:
