Military satellites
Liana (Lotos-S, Pion-NKS)
Russian SIGINT and maritime reconnaissance
RU
Intercepting signals and locating ships from LEO
The Liana system combines Lotos-S satellites (electronic intelligence) with Pion-NKS (radar and signals reconnaissance of naval targets), intended among other things to locate naval task groups.
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- Components
- Lotos-S (ELINT) · Pion-NKS (maritime reconnaissance, first launch 2021)
- Orbit
- LEO
- Use
- Targeting data for long-range anti-ship weapons (degree of operational use uncertain)
News archive 0
Analysed reports from the RU Mil Tracker about this system, newest first. Archive since 2026-07-17.
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