nuclear bombs. Some artificial satellites, such as the SNAP-10A and the RORSATs were powered by nuclear reactors fueled with uranium-235. "#Standard Reaction:...
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Between 1980 and 1989, the BES-5 and TOPAZ-I fission reactors of the Soviet RORSAT program suffered leakages of their liquid sodium–potassium alloy coolant...
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thermoelectric generator that was used to power 31 satellites in the US-A (RORSAT) project. The heat source was a uranium 235 fast fission nuclear reactor...
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times more than current RTG power supplies) have been orbited by the USSR: RORSAT; and TOPAZ. Plans to develop a megawatt-scale nuclear reactor for the use...
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reactor entered a few days later; on 7 February 1983. Kosmos 1402 was a RORSAT surveillance satellite that used radar for monitoring NATO vessels. The...
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Canadian dollars in compensation. The satellite was part of the Soviet Union's RORSAT programme, a series of reconnaissance satellites which observed ocean traffic...
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been launched using nuclear reactors: 34 reactors belong to the Soviet RORSAT series and one was the American SNAP-10A. Both fission and fusion appear...
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(PDF). Retrieved 2024-06-15. Encyclopedia Astronautica article on the US-A RORSAT programme. "USSR - Luna Programme". "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details"...
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reactor power system launched into space by the United States. The Soviet RORSAT radar satellites were powered by a BES-5 reactor, which was cooled with...
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