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robryk on Aug 7, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Questions about Nasa's space drive answered

RORSAT[1] were Soviet satellites that carried radar and were powered by small nuclear reactors. The reactors provided between 2 and 6 kW of power.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RORSAT

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