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The Oko satellites are drum-shaped, 2 metres long and with a diameter of 1.7 m. They weigh 1,250 kilograms without fuel and 2,400 kilograms when fully loaded. They have a 350 kg infrared telescope pointing toward Earth, with a 4 m conical sunshield and an instrument bus. The telescope,
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which is the satellites' main instrument, is able to detect radiation from ascending missiles. Two solar panels provide a total of 2.8 kW of power. There are also several smaller, wider-angle telescopes to supplement the main instrument. The satellites have 16 liquid fuel engines for
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The system requires at least 4 satellites to be fully functional. The danger of false alarms increases when there are fewer than 4 satellites in orbit, due to the inability to double-check a detection. However, this risk is reduced by the presence of the US-KMO geosynchronous satellites.
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After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the rate of launches decreased, but Russia remained committed to the programme. A fully functioning constellation with 5 satellites was restored in 2001, but a fire in May 2001 in the Oko control facility at
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outside Moscow reduced the number of operational satellites to 2. A further satellite was launched in the same year. Between 2002 and 2006, there were no Oko launches, until another Oko satellite, designated
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US-K are the first generation of Oko satellites, the first of which was launched in 1972. The vast majority of the satellites launched (86 out of 100 as of March 2012 ) have been US-K satellites in
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rockets. Oko can be directly translated as the Russian word for eye. As of June 2014, only two of the eight satellites in orbit were still functional, rendering the system inoperable.
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rockets. The advantages of Oko include that the system is reliable and well-established, and that it uses the relatively inexpensive (but now discontinued) Molniya launcher.
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system. It consists of a constellation of satellites, usually in
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were reported to be the only operational satellites.
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Index

TsNII Kometa
NPO Lavochkin
Molniya
Kosmos 775
Kosmos 2469
‹See Tfd›
Russian
‹See Tfd›
Russian
Soviet
satellites
missile
Oko
molniya orbits
Kosmos
NPO Lavochkin
Molniya-M
molniya orbits
geosynchronous orbits
US-KS
US-KMO
101 satellites have been launched
Serpukhov-15
Kurilovo
Kosmos 2422
US-KMO
Kosmos 2379
Kosmos 2422
Kosmos 2393
Kosmos 2351

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