1976 · Soviet Space Program
US-A 12
successTsiklon-2 | US-A 12
Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.
Overview
- Date / time
- October 17, 1976 at 06:06 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Mission
- US-A 12
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit