US-A, also known in the west as Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite or RORSAT (GRAU index 17F16K), was a series of 33 Soviet reconnaissance satellites...

nuclear bombs. Some artificial satellites, such as the SNAP-10A and the RORSATs were powered by nuclear reactors fueled with uranium-235. "#Standard Reaction:...

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...

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...

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...

(PDF). Retrieved 2024-06-15. Encyclopedia Astronautica article on the US-A RORSAT programme. "USSR - Luna Programme". "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details"...

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...

Canadian dollars in compensation. The satellite was part of the Soviet Union's RORSAT programme, a series of reconnaissance satellites which observed ocean traffic...

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...

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...

(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...

reconnaissance satellite IGS Japan radar reconnaissance and optoelectronic reconnaissance RORSAT Russian Federation Radar Ocean Reconnaissance SATellite...

2021-11-25. Siddiqi, Asif (November 1999). "Staring at the Sea: The Soviet RORSAT and EORSAT Programmes" (PDF). Journal of the British Interplanetary Society...

fission power system nuclear reactors have been sent into space in Soviet RORSAT satellites; also, over 40 radioisotope thermoelectric generators have been...

fragments, paint flakes, slag from solid rocket motors, coolant released by RORSAT nuclear powered satellites, small needles, and many other objects. These...

of incidents connected with the unmanned nuclear-reactor-powered Soviet RORSAT especially Kosmos 954 radar satellite which resulted in nuclear fuel reentering...

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)...

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...

flight of TKS spacecraft Kosmos 1818 - first RORSAT with Topaz-1 nuclear reactor Kosmos 1867 - second RORSAT with Topaz-1 nuclear reactor Kosmos 1870 -...

satellite constellations include the following, with operational dates. RORSAT a.k.a. US-A (SAR, Soviet Union, 1967-1988, 33 satellites) Almaz (Soviet...

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...

vehicles have been launched using full-fledged nuclear reactors: the Soviet RORSAT series and the American SNAP-10A. In addition to spacecraft, the Soviet...

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...

Joint Canadian-US effort to recover Kosmos 954, a nuclear-powered Soviet RORSAT. Operation Morris Dance (1987) — Australian response to the first of the...

the Soviet Union launched 31 BES-5 low power fission reactors in their RORSAT satellites utilizing thermoelectric converters between 1967 and 1988.[citation...

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...

Kosmos 1818 was a nuclear powered Soviet surveillance satellite in the RORSAT program, which monitored NATO vessels using radar. Kosmos 1818 was the first...

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...

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...

TOPAZ (Topol') reactors for spacecraft. 31 Bouk and 2 TOPAZ were used on RORSAT naval reconnaissance satellites. "Russia: Krasnaya Zvezda State Enterprise...