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Manufacturer's Designation: I1P. Class: Military. Type: ASAT. Nation: USSR. Manufacturer: OKB-52. Second prototype model of Chelomei's ASAT, used in interceptor control and propulsion test. Differed in unknown ways from Polyot-1. Elaboration of systems providing for the extensive manouevring of space apparatuses.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 1,400 kg.
Polyot-2 Chronology
12 April 1964
Polet 2; Polyot 2 Program: ASAT. Launch Site: Baikonur . Launch Vehicle: Polyot 11A59. Mass: 1,400 kg. Perigee: 303 km. Apogee: 479 km. Inclination: 58.1 deg. ASAT interceptor control and propulsion test. Elaboration of systems providing for the extensive manouevring of space apparatuses.
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