Hector-Nature (Zenit-2M / HX) - a series of civilian Earth remote sensing devices based on military satellite reconnaissance Zenit-2M .
By order of civil contractors, Zenit-2M (Hector) military vehicles were launched for civilian purposes. Subsequently, the Fram and Resource-F series devices appeared.
For the separation of vehicles launched for military and civilian purposes, the words Nature - Hector-Nature, or the letters "HX" (national economic) - Zenit-2M / HX were used.
All satellites of the Hector-Nature series were launched under the official name "Cosmos". The TASS launches were reported in unchanged wording since 1962, where the phrase was added at the end: “The incoming information is transferred to the State Research and Production Center Nature [1] for processing and use”
Content
Development
These satellites were designed at the CF TsKBEM [2] and manufactured at the Progress plant .
Composition
Satellites consisted of service and input modules based on spacecraft Vostok . A spherical descent vehicle returned cameras and film to Earth at the end of the mission. Spaceships had a mass of 6300 kg. Power came from solar panels, which were designed for flights lasting up to 12 to 13 days.
The Zenit-2M / HX satellites could carry autonomous scientific and technical modules Nauka in front of the descent module [3]
Operation
All launches were made from the Plesetsk cosmodrome .
| No. | Launch date | Official name | Cospar | Launch vehicle | Landing date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | 05/30/1975 | Cosmos-741 | 1975-047A | Sunrise | 06/11/1975 |
| 2 | 05/25/1979 | Space-1102 | 1979-043A | Union U | 06/07/1979 |
| 3 | 06/12/1979 | Cosmos-1106 | 1979-054A | Union U | 06/25/2979 |
| four | 07/27/1979 | Space 1118 | 1979-069A | Union U | 08/09/1979 |
| five | 08/17/1979 | Space 1122 | 1979-075A | Union U | 08/30/1979 |
Notes
- ↑ Historical background . www.priroda-center.ru. Date of treatment June 19, 2019.
- ↑ Resolution of the party and economic asset of the Central Committee of the Central Committee of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation // SOGASPI. F. 4131. Op. 8. D. 15. L. 36 .. - 1971. - February 16.
- ↑ Zenit-2M / NKh (Gektor-Priroda, 11F690) . space.skyrocket.de. Date of treatment June 19, 2019.
- ↑ NK 26-1996-2 . epizodsspace.airbase.ru. Date of treatment June 19, 2019.
- ↑ A.Zheleznyakov. Encyclopedia "Cosmonautics". Chronicle of space exploration. 1979 year. . www.pereplet.ru. Date of treatment June 19, 2019.