Ekran 02
General
| Designation | 10365 / 77092A |
| Launch date | 20 Sep 1977 |
| Country of origin | CIS |
| Mission | Telecommunications |
| Geostationary orbit | |
| Launch vehicle | Proton #65 |
End of life
| Out of service | yes |
| Cause |
The
satellite broke up in GEO because of a nickel-hydrogen battery explosion on 23
Jun 1978. [The Soviets photographed the explosion accidentally. No other space power noted the explosion - the Russians revealed that the satellite had exploded at a conference in Moscow in February 1992.] <DSFPortree@aol.com> |
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