Sich
Jonathan McDowell (jcm@urania.harvard.edu)
Thu, 7 Sep 95 17:03:46 EDT
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> A picture of a Sich 1 mock-up appeared in the last issue of
> Spaceflight(September 95). The picture was taken at the Paris Air show. It
> is difficult to recognize but it doesn't look like a Okean Spacecraft.
> This(first) satellite from the Ukraine is described as a 6.7 ton radar
> Tristan Cools
Tristan,
The photo in Spaceflight is of the second Sich variant, which
will also be used by Russia as Okean Platform B, and will be launched
by Zenit in 1997 or so. The Tsiklon-launched Sich is an Okean-O1 model
which is much smaller, and is like the current Okean spacecraft.
Jonathan McDowell