July 12 (Saigon), August 30, 1982, the Soviet Union launched the nuclear-powered ocean surveillance satellite.


1982, August 30, 2011, the Soviet Union launched the universe 1402 nuclear-powered ocean surveillance satellite, and launched on 2 October of the same year, Cosmos-1412, composed in the same orbital plane flying in pairs work double base station radar satellite. The radar system transmitter and receiver are respectively mounted on the two satellites, its purpose is to reduce the ground clutter, and easy to detect a smaller ship targets. The implementation of all-weather reconnaissance satellite. It is constituted by a triplet parts: (1) set out by the final stage of the rocket shell and star of electronic equipment cabin; (2) large aperture surveillance radar cabin; (3) for spaceborne radar and radio equipment powered nuclear energy part.
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