Lotos-S1 (Cosmos 2455) series of Russian radio-technical reconnaissance (RTR) satellites, which are one of the components of the next-generation radio-technical reconnaissance system, ICRC Liana.
Name of Satellite | Lotos-S1 (Cosmos 2455) |
Purpose | Earth Observation |
Contractor | TsSKB-Progress Samara Space Center and KB Arsenal |
Country of Contractor | Russia |
Launch Mass (kg.) | 5 000 |
Class of Orbit | LEO |
Perigee (km) | 900 |
Date of Launch | 20.11.2009 |
Launch Site | Plesetsk Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle | Soyuz U |
COSPAR Number | 2009-063A |
NORAD Number | 36095 |
The Lotos-S1 satellite, which is one of the Russian Lotos – S1 satellites, is the first component of the next-generation Liana ELINT satellite system. The engineering version flew under the designation Lotos-S.