nuclear bombs. Some artificial satellites, such as the SNAP-10A and the RORSATs were powered by nuclear reactors fueled with uranium-235. "#Standard Reaction:...
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Between 1980 and 1989, the BES-5 and TOPAZ-I fission reactors of the Soviet RORSAT program suffered leakages of their liquid sodium–potassium alloy coolant...
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thermoelectric generator that was used to power 31 satellites in the US-A (RORSAT) project. The heat source was a uranium 235 fast fission nuclear reactor...
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(PDF). Retrieved 2024-06-15. Encyclopedia Astronautica article on the US-A RORSAT programme. "USSR - Luna Programme". "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details"...
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times more than current RTG power supplies) have been orbited by the USSR: RORSAT; and TOPAZ. Plans to develop a megawatt-scale nuclear reactor for the use...
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Canadian dollars in compensation. The satellite was part of the Soviet Union's RORSAT programme, a series of reconnaissance satellites which observed ocean traffic...
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reactor entered a few days later; on 7 February 1983. Kosmos 1402 was a RORSAT surveillance satellite that used radar for monitoring NATO vessels. The...
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been launched using nuclear reactors: 34 reactors belong to the Soviet RORSAT series and one was the American SNAP-10A. Both fission and fusion appear...
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reactor power system launched into space by the United States. The Soviet RORSAT radar satellites were powered by a BES-5 reactor, which was cooled with...
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2021-11-25. Siddiqi, Asif (November 1999). "Staring at the Sea: The Soviet RORSAT and EORSAT Programmes" (PDF). Journal of the British Interplanetary Society...
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(RORSAT) in the US. Typically, the reactors produced approximately 3 kWe. BES-5 - was a sodium cooled space reactor launched as part of the RORSAT program...
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672: 17. Bibcode:2009ESASP.672E..17W. A. Rossi et al, "Effects of the RORSAT NaK Drops on the Long Term Evolution of the Space Debris Population", University...
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Kosmos 1818 was a nuclear powered Soviet surveillance satellite in the RORSAT program, which monitored NATO vessels using radar. Kosmos 1818 was the first...
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reconnaissance satellite IGS Japan radar reconnaissance and optoelectronic reconnaissance RORSAT Russian Federation Radar Ocean Reconnaissance SATellite...
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fragments, paint flakes, slag from solid rocket motors, coolant released by RORSAT nuclear powered satellites, small needles, and many other objects. These...
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of incidents connected with the unmanned nuclear-reactor-powered Soviet RORSAT especially Kosmos 954 radar satellite which resulted in nuclear fuel reentering...
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fission power system nuclear reactors have been sent into space in Soviet RORSAT satellites; also, over 40 radioisotope thermoelectric generators have been...
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October 1967 Last flight 25 January 1969 Type of passengers/cargo IS-A/IS-P RORSAT First stage – 8S671 Powered by 1 RD-251 Maximum thrust 2,640 kN (590,000 lbf)...
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vehicles have been launched using full-fledged nuclear reactors: the Soviet RORSAT series and the American SNAP-10A. In addition to spacecraft, the Soviet...
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satellite constellations include the following, with operational dates. RORSAT a.k.a. US-A (SAR, Soviet Union, 1967-1988, 33 satellites) Almaz (Soviet...
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flight of TKS spacecraft Kosmos 1818 - first RORSAT with Topaz-1 nuclear reactor Kosmos 1867 - second RORSAT with Topaz-1 nuclear reactor Kosmos 1870 -...
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Joint Canadian-US effort to recover Kosmos 954, a nuclear-powered Soviet RORSAT. Operation Morris Dance (1987) — Australian response to the first of the...
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of them uncrewed. The Soviets up to 1988 orbited 33 nuclear reactors in RORSAT military radar satellites, where electric power generated was used to power...
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imaging satellite to be operated by the Russian military after the Soviet RORSAT and Almaz-T series. The first Kondor-E (Kondor-E 1, COSPAR 2014-084A) launched...
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Orbital Debris Event, Spaceflight 101. A. Rossi et al, "Effects of the RORSAT NaK Drops on the Long Term Evolution of the Space Debris Population", University...
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Космос 1867) was a nuclear powered radar ocean reconnaissance satellite (RORSAT) that was launched by the Soviet Union on July 10, 1987. It was put into...
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August 1969 Last flight 24 June 2006 Type of passengers/cargo IS-A/IS-P RORSAT EORSAT First stage – 11S681 Powered by 1 RD-251 Maximum thrust 2,640 kN...
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on 24 July 1981; on 24 January 1978, the nuclear-powered Kosmos 954, a RORSAT, crashed into Canada; The Aerospace Corporation; the Russian Mars 96 was...
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confused with the nuclear-powered radar ocean surveillance satellites (RORSAT), no longer operational.[citation needed] A full constellation of US-PU...
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