2 steam turbines (Kirov) with electric drive; 19,000 shp (14,000 kW), 1 shaft
Speed
17.7 knots (33 km/h)
Range
24,000 nmi (44,448 km) at 17.7 knots (33 km/h)
Complement
approx. 160 + 180 scientist-technicians
Sensors and processing systems
1 Don-Kay and 1 Okean (Navigation);
Tracking and communications equipment includes Quad Ring, Ship Bowl, and Ship Globe. Two pairs of Vee Tube/Cone HF antennas.
Aircraft carried
none
Aviation facilities
none
It had very distinguishable looks due to two extremely large and two smaller parabolic "dish"antennas placed on top of the hull.
In 1986, Kosmonavt Yuriy Gagarin was the world's largest communications ship and was the flagship of a fleet of communications ships.[1] These ships greatly extended the tracking range when the orbits of cosmonauts and unmanned missions were not over the USSR.[2]
In 1975, the ship was a part of the Soviet-American Apollo–Soyuz joint test program.[3]
The communications ships belonged to the Soviet Academy of Sciences. The maritime part fell under the responsibility of the Baltic- and Black sea shipping. The ships had home ports in Ukraine (Kosmonavt Yuriy Gagarin and the other surveillance ship Akademik Sergei Korolev), so after the fall of the Soviet Union they were transferred to Ukraine – ending their role in spaceflight.
The ship was sold for scrap shortly after the break-up of the Soviet Union along with Akademik Sergei Korolev.
^ abNorman Polmar, Siegfried Breyer, Guide to the Soviet Navy, Third Edition (1984), United States Naval Institute, Annapolis Maryland, ISBN0-87021-239-7
^SP-4209 The Partnership: A History of the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, (U.S.) NASA, Online Article
External linksedit
A. Karpenko, ABM and Space Defense, Nevsky Bastion, No. 4, 1999, pp. 2–47, Federation of American Scientists (Online)
January 01, 1970
soviet, ship, kosmonavt, yuriy, gagarin, kosmonavt, yuriy, gagarin, russian, Космона, вт, рий, Гага, рин, soviet, space, control, monitoring, ship, vigilship, veladora, that, devoted, detecting, receiving, satellite, communications, named, after, cosmonaut, yu. Kosmonavt Yuriy Gagarin Russian Kosmona vt Yu rij Gaga rin was a Soviet space control monitoring ship or Vigilship Veladora that was devoted to detecting and receiving satellite communications Named after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin the ship was completed in December 1971 to support the Soviet space program The ship also conducted upper atmosphere and outer space research 1 309 Kosmonavt Yuriy Gagarin in 1987Class overview NameSofiya Modified Soviet Project 1909 BuildersBaltic Shipyard Leningrad OperatorsAcademy of Sciences Built1971 In service1971 1991 Completed1 Retired1 History Soviet Union Name1971 1996 Kosmonavt Yuriy Gagarin 1996 Agar Operator1971 1992 Academy of Sciences of the USSR Port of registry1971 1992 Odesa Soviet Union 1992 1996 Odesa Ukraine 1996 Kingstown Saint Vincent and the Grenadines BuilderBaltic Shipyard Leningrad Yard number601 AcquiredSeptember 1971 IdentificationCall sign UKFI IMO number 7116286 FateScrapped in Alang after 1996 General characteristics of Kosmonavt Yuriy Gagarin TypeSESS Vigilship Veladora Tonnage31 300 DWT Displacement53 500 tons standard Length760 ft 230 m Beam102 ft 31 m Draft33 ft 10 m Propulsion2 steam turbines Kirov with electric drive 19 000 shp 14 000 kW 1 shaft Speed17 7 knots 33 km h Range24 000 nmi 44 448 km at 17 7 knots 33 km h Complementapprox 160 180 scientist technicians Sensors and processing systems1 Don Kay and 1 Okean Navigation Tracking and communications equipment includes Quad Ring Ship Bowl and Ship Globe Two pairs of Vee Tube Cone HF antennas Aircraft carriednone Aviation facilitiesnone It had very distinguishable looks due to two extremely large and two smaller parabolic dish antennas placed on top of the hull In 1986 Kosmonavt Yuriy Gagarin was the world s largest communications ship and was the flagship of a fleet of communications ships 1 These ships greatly extended the tracking range when the orbits of cosmonauts and unmanned missions were not over the USSR 2 In 1975 the ship was a part of the Soviet American Apollo Soyuz joint test program 3 The communications ships belonged to the Soviet Academy of Sciences The maritime part fell under the responsibility of the Baltic and Black sea shipping The ships had home ports in Ukraine Kosmonavt Yuriy Gagarin and the other surveillance ship Akademik Sergei Korolev so after the fall of the Soviet Union they were transferred to Ukraine ending their role in spaceflight The ship was sold for scrap shortly after the break up of the Soviet Union along with Akademik Sergei Korolev See also editKosmonavt Vladimir Komarov another Soviet satellite tracking ship List of ships of Russia by project numberReferences edit a b Norman Polmar Siegfried Breyer Guide to the Soviet Navy Third Edition 1984 United States Naval Institute Annapolis Maryland ISBN 0 87021 239 7 Tracking sites and ships Komsmonavtka Website Retrieved 6 13 2008 SP 4209 The Partnership A History of the Apollo Soyuz Test Project U S NASA Online ArticleExternal links editA Karpenko ABM and Space Defense Nevsky Bastion No 4 1999 pp 2 47 Federation of American Scientists Online Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Soviet ship Kosmonavt Yuriy Gagarin amp oldid 1190216548, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
