1993

1993 · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

US-PM 1

successTsiklon-2 | US-PM 1

US-PM (Upravlenniye Sputnik Passivny Modifikirovanny) (also reported as US-PU) was a solar powered improved EORSAT (Electronic Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite). It used an passive ELINT devices to track naval vessels from space by registering their electronic emmissions.

Overview

Date / time
March 30, 1993 at 12:00 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
90/20
Mission
US-PM 1
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit

Payloads deployed · 1