# Orlets-1

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{{Short description|Decommissioned Russian reconnaissance satellite}}
'''Orlets-1''' or '''Don''' ([GRAU](/source/GRAU) index 17F12) was a Russian (previously [Soviet](/source/Soviet_Union)) [reconnaissance satellite](/source/reconnaissance_satellite).<ref name="NSSDC">NSSDC Master Catalog: [https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1994-053A Cosmos 2290]</ref><ref name="Gunter/Orlets-1">Gunter's Space Page: [http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/orlets-1.htm Orlets-1 (Don, 17F12)]</ref>

Orlets-1 was developed after the [Yantar-2K](/source/Yantar_(satellite)) satellite was deemed incapable of providing strategic warning of attack. It drew on features of an existing draft project called Yantar-6K. Equipped with a wide-spectrum panoramic camera and carrying eight film return capsules, Orlets-1 had a design life of 60 days.<ref name="NSSDC" /> After completing its mission, the satellite was detonated in its orbit.<ref name="Gunter/Orlets-1" />

The [Soyuz-U](/source/Soyuz-U)<ref name="Gunter/Orlets-1" /> or [Soyuz-U2](/source/Soyuz-U2)<ref name="NSSDC" /><ref name="Gunter/Orlets-1" /> launch vehicle was used to deploy Orlets-1. An improved version, Orlets-2, was also created.<ref name="NSSDC" />

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* ''This article incorporates text from ''[https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1994-053A NSSDC Master Catalog]'', a publication in the [public domain](/source/public_domain).''

Category:Reconnaissance satellites of the Soviet Union
Category:Reconnaissance satellites of Russia

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