Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 4

Name: Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 4
Start: 1993-09-17T00:43:10Z
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

US-PM (Upravlenniye Sputnik Passivny Modifikirovanny) (also reported as US-PU) was a solar powered improved EORSAT (Electronic Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite). It used an passive ELINT devices to track naval vessels from space by registering their electronic emmissions.

Mission Details

Launch date: September 17, 1993 at 12:43 AM UTC
Launch vehicle: Tsiklon-2
Operator: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission type: Government/Top Secret