Describes the USSR's increasing use of the geosynchronous orbit (GEO) and the reasons why the Soviets began developing GEO many years after the USA. The demanding geosynchronous launch profile demonstrated by Kosmos 637 in March 1974 is still in use today. The launch vehicle is the SL-12 (Proton) four-stage rocket capable of placing more than two metric tons into GEO. Soviet geostationary communications satellites currently are divided into four distinct programs, Raduga, Ekran, Gorizont, and Kosmos.


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    Title :

    Soviets expand use of GEO (satellite communications)


    Additional title:

    Verstaerkte Anwendung der geostationaeren Umlaufbahn durch die Sowjetunion (Satellitenuebertragung)


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1988


    Size :

    2 Seiten



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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