The United States discovered in space a Russian spy satellite

The Russian military satellite "Cosmos-2472", which, according to American experts, the Cobalt-M detailed photo-survey apparatus, has completed its work, reports NEWSru.com.

According to the space operations center of the US Strategic Command, the Cosmos-2472 spacecraft, launched on June 27 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, descended from October 24 near-earth orbit.

Jonathan MacDowell, a well-known American expert in the field of astronautics, wrote in his microblog on Twitter that Cosmos-2472 is a spy satellite. As the main argument, he cited the fact that for the first time since 1994, the Russian satellite was put into orbit with the inclination of 81-82 degrees. "All previous launches of photo prospectors were on the inclinations of 64-67 degrees," said McDowell.

Russian military expert Stanislav Belovsky responded to his statements on his blog in LiveJournal: “The absurdity of the American assumptions from scratch is obvious. But they fear us all the same, they are afraid ... And rightly so, our army is worth it. In fact, from the cosmodrome in Plesetsk on Monday, 27 of June, the launch vehicle was launched from a Soyuz-U rocket with a spacecraft of the Cosmos series. Alexey Zoloto ukhin, is the buildup of the Russian orbital grouping of military spacecraft, "said Belovsky.

As indicated on the website of the St. Petersburg Machine-Building Plant Arsenal, a Cobalt-type spacecraft is engaged in observing and photographing the earth’s surface in detail.

The Cobalt-M satellite, with a mass of 6,6 tons and a day-long active life in 120 orbit, drops the captured films to Earth in small containers that land in the Orenburg region. Search groups on the ground are engaged in special groups. Then the footage is sent to the center of space intelligence. At the same time, the interval between photographing and landing a capsule with photographic film reaches a month, which reduces the value of images for operational intelligence.

Comments

[Insurgent]

What can not be done in real time, all the information is transmitted as usual

[zczczc]

Insurgentabsolute secrecy is achieved. I assure you that our encrypted communication channel has learned to do sooo long ago :)

You know the joke: "What is the fastest communication channel?" Answer: "Train with CD-ROMs". Nowadays, it can be replaced with Blue-ray Disk DL (double-sided) - 50Gb. Indeed, there is no such communication channel that will transmit the composition of BD discs faster.

[Motherland]

Oooo all the world scandal! And why not that the United States is watching the whole world in search of a "dictatorship"?

[Anatoly]

pictures a month ago ... to hell they need then? amazing efficiency!

[drinkins]

opekrativka maximum 1,5 hours in peacetime, in the "WAR" mode, the intervals "dry out" to minutes.

[Sergh]

Yes, this poppycock full of water, desa. Think for yourself what kind of dumping is ridiculous, someone needs to twist, bark such a mechanism. This is to specifically destabilize the public with stupid assumptions!

[Foamas]

And where is yours - TUFTA ??
All satellites of the Cobalt series (modernized Yantar) use capsules to deliver information.
McDowell, first of all, destabilizes - American public opinion, but tells the truth, the detailed photographic reconnaissance spacecraft "Cobalt-M" - have never been launched into orbits with an inclination of 82 * (take pictures of polar bears only with this, note the launch time of 27.06.11/XNUMX/XNUMX. , in Antarctica at this time of night).
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ps photo of the article - left, "Cobalt" looks like this:

[escobar]

Yes, even if not "misinformation" - well, what's so special about it. Hundreds of satellites fly, and most of them are dual-purpose. It's unprecedented ...

[Kochetkov.serzh]

US talk a lot ... in each barrel

[подводник]

This is some kind of wild diarrhea !!! The author just had nothing to come up with? Rzhunimaga !!!

[mitrich]

If even a satellite performs intelligence tasks, then what of this? Near space is not the sovereign territory of the United States, so there is nothing to pay attention to such claims. They spy on us, we follow them - it was, is, and will be.

[almost demobil]

The problem being raised is not clear. Spy satellites have in orbit the United States, France, China, Russia. All kinds of intelligence are being carried out. The saturation of AES reconnaissance is such that if you follow all the instructions for counteraction (camouflage, radiation from RTGs), the troops should ALWAYS stupidly hide and not emit nothing. The Pindos has most of all been exploited. Why no one is indignant, and there is nothing to be indignant with, everything is legal for all countries. By the way, not all of our satellites drop capsules with films of a month ago, there are more operational ones. But sometimes it’s enough to have and monthly information.

[mar.tira]

The cretinism of the article is surprising. Guys, what do you still think of photographic reconnaissance from space, do it using cassettes, and drop it to Earth. I haven't seen a dumber assumption for a long time. At least 25 years ago on the w. Polyus hasn't done this anymore.

[Nick]

Ingda is important not the period of information received, but the guarantee of its secrecy. If the information relates to the launch of ICBMs towards the facilities of the Russian Federation, then dumping cartridges is absurd, if you need info on the location of the Amer BMB ICBMs, then the month is not a deadline.

[Tolia]

In Russia they do just that ... and you what you thought))) if the American satellite of the NAVSTAR (GPS) system lives 7-8 years, and GLONAS 2 years ...


The Yantar-4K2 spacecraft (11F695), which received the name Cobalt when adopted for service, is a further development of the Amber series surveillance cameras. The design of the spacecraft has not undergone significant changes with respect to the Yantar-2K and Yantar-4K1 satellites. The differences were only in some service and special systems. If Yantar-4K1 was in orbit for only 45 days, then the operating time of Yantar-4K2 increased to 90 days by the mid-120s. True, the speed of delivery of the captured film decreased by the same amount since the number of returned capsules remained the same. The resolution of the camera is 0,95m. spacecraft mass 6,6t. length 6,3m. diameter 2,7m. orbit altitude 180-350km. inclination of 65 degrees. circulation period 90min. After the experimental development of the apparatus in 1980. serial production was transferred to Arsenal. Launches of the Cobalt spacecraft are carried out from the Plesetsk Soyuz-U launch vehicle. From 1981 to 2002 78 spacecraft were put into orbit; in addition, four spacecraft were killed as a result of the launch vehicle accident. From 1985 to 1992 5-8 launches were made annually.

[Drcoks]

mar.tira,
Really strange.

[kesa1111]

During the Soviet era, a similar satellite hung in the Kamchatka region. Recorded and transferred online all the routes of the ships in our economic zone. He worked for "foreign" poachers and those wishing to go abroad (for repairs with fish and return empty) Now is the time to restore surveillance.

[APASUS]

The Cobalt-M satellite with a mass of 6,6 tons and an active life in orbit of 120 days drops the captured films to Earth in small containers that land in the Orenburg region.

The author forgot to mention that the latest versions of Cobalt-M deliver the removed films faster, they started using pigeon mail!

[Rico1977]

Fear the cattle, be afraid ... We are still with you fascists even

[NKVD]

The author writes to Kuynyu, with the current development of communication systems, you can be online while flying over tracking stations

[L. konstantin]

as it is not "democratically" we are behaving !!! strangely, we have one satellite in space and no other country has any satellites! ) and democracy implies, first of all, equality in neutral territory. it is necessary to give the opportunity to other countries to launch spy satellites into space.) And to be honest, the information from the very title of misinformation !!!

[mar.tira]

But why should ordinary people be misled. Or what, do the Pindos take intelligence from Voennoye Obozreniye? Probably they also record data on radio intercepts in the United States on tape? .Only how to drop, because the reconnaissance satellites are hanging over the States. Surely spies are picking up and transporting

[Demonzz]

weight of 6,6 tons, 120 days period .... something darkly. Besides us, this is ****** but only the Chinese are still launching - the FSW series. One benefit from such spacecraft can be understood - if something needs to be seen, but normal satellites do not fly over that place.

[greenk19]

Damn, maybe we have an advantage in space though ... And then on TV they show our invincible and legendary ... but knowing from the inside, I always spit on these reports.

[SIA]

Let’s now throw a bunch of gravel into Pindostan, let’s say that you also have spy satellites flying. What is the purpose of flying? What are they shooting, taking pictures there?

[bubla5]

Yeah, drop the containers in the original way, well, if it’s clear from the planes ... and this is a fool

[Vasilenko Vladimir]

and Americans accidentally did not find meteorites in space?

[sambiz163]

Gentlemen, as you do not understand, pendos are again afraid for their peaceful satellites - remember, for example, an accident in space when the newest satellite was destroyed by the spy of our overseas friends :)))))))) the old satellite of the space series

[Denis]

let the creatures remember who discovered space
Gararin, not what that nigger brown

[Ion coaelung]

When the resolution is high, a month is not long for finding new enemy military bases, even mobile ones. I am sure that there is a more suitable technique for operational shots!

[Commoner]

The use of f / film in the era of digital photography, especially in space, may seem ridiculous. However, as far as I know, it is not very warm in space; various radiation acts. If the film "works fine" on a hard minus, then with a digital matrix without special. you won't get anything. Encrypting information (in the case of a digital photo) will definitely inflate it in quantitative terms, it must also be transmitted to Earth, which, most likely, is also not always possible - power, retransmission, etc. In addition, I know that there are special purpose films that are sensitive in the infrared, ultraviolet and X-ray ranges. The dynamic range of photographic films is not yet surpassed by digital matrices. In addition, in the case of factual materials used as evidence (in expert judgments), "celluloid" carriers are less doubtful and easier to verify for authenticity. So, no matter how ridiculous it may seem, I fully admit the film in space. In addition, you need to be able to lower containers to a given area, and what will the containers be with? With whatever is required, so it will be :) It is possible that lamp technology will soon fly into space again, as it is more resistant to powerful electromagnetic radiation, which they learned to use to disable "nanometric" electronics ...