Tsikada
Sign in to saveTsikada ( meaning cicada) was a Soviet satellite navigation system including ten Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. It transmitted the same two carrier frequencies as the U.S. TRANSIT satellite system. The first satellite was launched in 1974.
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- Instance of
- global navigation satellite system
- Named after
- Cicadidae
- Operator
- Soviet Armed Forces
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Followed by
- Parus
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Tsikada ( meaning cicada) was a Soviet satellite navigation system including ten Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. It transmitted the same two carrier frequencies as the U.S. TRANSIT satellite system. The first satellite was launched in 1974.
==See also== Tsiklon Parus GLONASS
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