Engineering:Tsiklon (satellite navigation system)

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Tsiklon (meaning cyclone, Russian: Циклон) is the first Soviet satellite navigation system, developed in the former Soviet Union. From 1967 to 1978 a total of 31 Zaliv satellites were launched onboard Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M rockets, from the Kapustin Yar and Plesetsk launch sites.[1] The project was conceived in the 1950s and the draft proposal was approved in 1962, but was not made operational until 1972 due to delays.[2]

The successor satellites to Tsiklon were Parus and Sfera.[2] Currently, Russia operates the GLONASS system.

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References

  1. ↑ "Zaliv (11F617)" (in en). https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/zaliv.htm. 
  2. ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Tsiklon. astronautix.com

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