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  • Kosmos 1629
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  • Kosmos 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. It was operational for about 2 years.
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COSPAR ID
  • 1985
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deactivated
  • 1987-01-16
SATCAT
  • 15574
Mission Duration
  • 6.31152E7
spacecraft type
Name
  • Kosmos 1629
Instruments
  • Infrared sensor/s
  • Optical telescope with aperture
  • Smaller telescopes
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Operator
launch site
Mission Type
  • Early warning
apsis
  • gee
orbit regime
launch rocket
Launch date
  • --02-21
orbit reference
  • Geocentric
abstract
  • Kosmos 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.