1974 · Soviet Space Program
US-A 8
successTsiklon-2 | US-A 8
Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.
Overview
- Date / time
- May 17, 1974 at 06:53 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- 90/19
- Mission
- US-A 8
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit