1969 · Soviet Space Program
US-AO 5
failureTsiklon-2A | US-AO 5
US-A (Upravlenniye Sputnik Aktivny) were active radar satellites for ocean surveillance. The high power consumtion of the active radar required a nuclear reactor as power source. The satellites were known as RORSAT in the west. The US-AO series consisted of satellites, which tested all the system components but the nuclear reactor. They were battery powered.
Overview
- Date / time
- January 25, 1969 at 11:14 AM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- 90/19
- Mission
- US-AO 5
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit