Mission type Early warning SATCAT no. 6916 Spacecraft type US-K | COSPAR ID 1973-084A Mission duration 4 years Launch date 2 November 1973 | |
Launch mass 1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb) People also search for Kosmos 1223, Kosmos 1729 | ||
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
Kosmos 606 was launched from Site 41/1 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Russian SSR. 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.
Orbit
The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 1973-084A . The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 6916.
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