Astronomy:Legenda (satellite system)
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Legenda, or the MKRC Legenda system, is a Soviet satellite targeting system mated to the SS-N-19 missile. It consisted of the US-P SIGINT satellites and the US-A Radar Ocean reconnaissance satellites, which were nuclear powered.[1] The Legenda system consists of 37 ELINT satellites named US-P [2] and 32 US-A nuclear powered radar satellites [3] to provide global coverage. Legenda is now non-functional after the US-A and US-P satellites were deactivated. It is being replaced by the Liana system with 4 operational satellites as of July 2021.[4]
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- ↑ Brian Harvey The Rebirth of the Russian Space Program: 50 Years After 2007 "The US-P ("P" for "passive"; industry code 11F120) program began with Cosmos 699 in 1974, becoming operational as the Legenda system in 1978. US-P5 are built by the Arsenal Design Bureau in St. Petersburg. Thirty-six were launched."
- ↑ "US-P". https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/us-p.htm.
- ↑ "US-A". https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/us-a.htm.
- ↑ Podvig, Pavel (25 October 2018). "Cosmos-2528 - new Lotus-S1 electronic reconnaissance satellite". Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. http://russianforces.org/blog/2018/10/cosmos-2458_-_new_lotus-s1_ele.shtml.
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