Re: What is Cosmos 1953?
Phillip Clark (psclark@dircon.co.uk)
Sat, 2 Aug 1997 18:00:22 +0100 (BST)
Cosmos 1953 is a Tselina-D ELINT satellite, mass around two metric tonnes
based upon the launch capability of the three-stage Tsyklon used to put
the satellite into orbit. Tselina-D was a long-running programme going
back to Cosmos 389 in 1970: launches were initially using the Vostok
8A92M vehicle but swiytched to the three-stage Tsyklon in the 1980s.
As for the configuration .... anyone's guess since as far as I am aware
the Russians have never published any hint as to what the Tselina family
of ELINT payloads might look like.
Phillip Clark
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