Status
Success
Cosmos 2399
Launch Time
Tue Aug 12, 2003 14:20 UTC
Tue Aug 12, 2003 14:20 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 2399
Orlets-2 or Yenisey was an improved Orlets-1 film return reconnaissance satellite with 22 small return capsules.
Following evaluation of flight trials in April-May 1977 it was concluded that the Yantar-2K was not capable of providing strategic warning of attack. Therefore three additional variants were developed, one of them the wide-spectrum detail and survey satellite Orlets.
Orlets featured a panoramic camera and drew on features of an existing draft project designated Yantar-6K. The redesigned spacecraft was expandable, with Phase 1 (Orlets-1) being launched by the Soyuz-U2 launch vehicle, equipped with 8 film return capsules and having a design life of 60 days.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 6,600.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
2003
35th orbital launch attempt
Soyuz U
792nd mission
3rd mission of 2003
770th successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission