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Kosmos 606
(
Russian
:
Космос 606
or
Cosmos 606
) was a Soviet
US-K
missile
early warning satellite
which was launched in 1973 as part of the Soviet military's
Oko
programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using
optical telescopes
and
infrared sensors
.
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Launch
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Kosmos 606 was launched from
Site 41/1
at
Plesetsk Cosmodrome
in the Russian SSR.
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A
Molniya-M
carrier rocket with a
2BL
upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 13:01 UTC on 2 November 1973.
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Orbit
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The launch successfully placed the satellite into a
molniya orbit
. It subsequently received its
Kosmos
designation, and the
international designator
1973-084A .
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The
United States Space Command
assigned it the
Satellite Catalog Number
6916.
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See also
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References
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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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