Cosmos 2051, an EORSAT naval ocean-reconnaissance satellite launched from Baikonur to track NATO fleet movements by detecting shipboard radio and radar emissions for Soviet naval intelligence.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.3 T
- Flight
- 87th
- of 105 Tsiklon-2 flights
- Date and time
- 24 November 1989, 23:22 UTC
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-2
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 90, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1989-092
- Launches in 1989
- 93rd of 102
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