Kosmos 706 (russian: Космос 706 meaning ''Cosmos 706'') was a Soviet
US-K missile
early warning satellite
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which was launched in 1975 as part of the Soviet military's
Oko
OKO ( rus, ОКО, r=, literally means eye, also an abbreviation for Ob'yedinonnyye Kristallom Osnovaniya ( rus, Oбъединённые Кристаллом Oснования, r=, literally means Foundations Bound by a Crystal)) is a complex o ...
programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using
optical telescope
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s and
infrared sensor
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s.
Launch
Kosmos 706 was launched from
Site 41/1 at
Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Russian SSR.
A
Molniya-M carrier rocket with a
2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 15:02 UTC on 30 January 1975.
The launch successfully placed the satellite into a
molniya orbit. It subsequently received its
Kosmos designation, and the
international designator 1975-007A.
The
United States Space Command assigned it the
Satellite Catalog Number 7625.
See also
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1975 in spaceflight
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List of Kosmos satellites (501–750)
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List of Oko satellites
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List of R-7 launches (1975-1979)
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Due to the size of the list, it has been split into several smaller articles:
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