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Russian military early warning satellite
Kosmos 1164
(
Russian
:
Космос 1164
meaning
Cosmos 1164
) was a Soviet
US-K
missile
early warning
satellite
which was launched in 1980 as part of the Soviet military's
Oko
programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using
optical telescopes
and
infrared sensors
,
[2]
however due to a launch failure, it was never used for the purpose.
Kosmos 1164 was launched from
Site 43/4
at
Plesetsk Cosmodrome
in the Russian SSR.
[3]
A
Molniya-M
carrier rocket with a
2BL
upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 00:53 UTC on 12 February 1980.
[3]
The launch was unsuccessful and placed the satellite into
low Earth orbit
rather than the intended
molniya orbit
. It subsequently received its
Kosmos
designation, and the
international designator
1980-013A.
[4]
The
United States Space Command
assigned it the
Satellite Catalog Number
11700.
[4]
It re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on 12 February 1980, the same day it was launched.
[4]
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Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in
underline
. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in
italics
. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).
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