Yantar is a series of Russia

Russia

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n (previously Soviet

Soviet Union

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) reconnaissance satellites, which supplemented and eventually replaced the Zenit spacecraft. Kosmos 2175

Kosmos 2175

Kosmos 2175 was a Russian Yantar-4K2 photo reconnaissance satellite. It was the first satellite to be launched by the Russian Federation, following the breakup of the Soviet Union. It was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket, flying from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, on 21 January 1992.It was the 63rd...

, a Yantar-4K2 or Kobal't spacecraft, was the first satellite to be launched by the Russian Federation following the dissolution of the Soviet Union

Dissolution of the Soviet Union

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. Yantar-Terilen was the first real-time digital system. Yantar satellites also formed the basis for the later Orlets

Orlets

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, Resurs and Persona

Persona (satellite)

Persona is a class of Russian reconnaissance satellites, derived from the Resurs DK class of remote sensing satellite, itself derived from the Soviet Yantar reconnaissance satellites...

 satellites. 173 have been launched, nine of which were lost in launch failures. The most recent launch was of Kosmos 2462 a Yantar-4K2M or Kobal't-M, on 16 April 2010. All Yantar satellites have been launched using the Soyuz-U

Soyuz-U

The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....

 carrier rocket.

Variants

Series	Other designations	GRAU index	First launch	Last launch	Number launched	Remarks
Yantar-1KFT	Kometa, Siluet	11F660	18 February 1981	2 September 2005	21
Yantar-2K	Feniks	11F624	23 May 1974	28 June 1983	30
Yantar-4K1	Oktan	11F693	27 April 1979	30 November 1983	12
Yantar-4K2	Kobal't	11F695	21 August 1981	25 February 2002	82
Yantar-4K2M	Kobal't-M	11F695M	24 September 2004	16 April 2010	6	Active
Yantar-4KS1	Terilen	11F694	28 December 1982	21 December 1990	15
Yantar-4KS1M	Neman	17F117	10 July 1991	3 May 2000	9