Kosmos 1629 Explained

Kosmos 1629
Mission Type:Early warning
Operator:VKS
Cospar Id:1985-016A
Satcat:15574
Mission Duration:2 years
Spacecraft Type:US-KS (74Kh6)
Manufacturer:Lavochkin
Launch Date: UTC
Launch Rocket:Proton-K/DM
Launch Site:Baikonur 200/39
Deactivated:16 January 1987
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Geostationary
Apsis:gee
Instruments:Optical telescope with aperture
Infrared sensor/s
Smaller telescopes

Kosmos 1629 (Russian: Космос 1629 meaning Cosmos 1629) is a Soviet US-KS missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1985 as part of the Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors.

Kosmos 1629 was launched from Site 200/39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. A Proton-K carrier rocket with a DM upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 07:57 UTC on 21 February 1985. The launch successfully placed the satellite into geostationary orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 1985-016A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 15574.

It was operational for about 2 years.

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References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cosmos 1629. National Space Science Data Centre. 2012-04-10. 2012-04-19.
  2. Web site: US-KS (74Kh6). Gunter's Space Page. 2012-03-30. 2012-04-19.
  3. Pavel . Podvig . 2002 . History and the Current Status of the Russian Early-Warning System . Science and Global Security . 10 . 1 . 21–60 . 0892-9882 . 10.1080/08929880212328 . 2002S&GS...10...21P . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315024323/http://iis-db.stanford.edu/pubs/20734/Podvig-S%26GS.pdf . 2012-03-15 . 10.1.1.692.6127 . 122901563 .