Engineering:Kosmos 2221

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Kosmos 2221
Mission typeELINT
COSPAR ID1992-080A
SATCAT no.S22236
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeTselina-D[1]
Launch mass2,000 kilograms (4,400 lb)[2]
Start of mission
Launch date24 November 1992, 04:10 (1992-11-24UTC04:10Z) UTC[2]
RocketTsyklon-3[1]
Launch sitePlesetsk Cosmodrome[2]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
Eccentricity0.00177
Perigee altitude653 kilometres (406 mi)
Apogee altitude678 kilometres (421 mi)
Inclination82.5 degrees
Period97.8 minutes[2]
Epoch25 November 1992, 00:00 (1992-11-25Z) UTC[2]
 

Kosmos 2221 (Russian: Космос 2221 meaning Cosmos 2221) is a Russian Tselina-D missile ELINT satellite which was launched in 1992.

Launch

Kosmos 2221 was launched from Site 32/2 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, which is about 500 miles north of Moscow.[3] A Tsyklon-3 carrier rocket was used to perform the launch, which took place at 04:10 UTC on 24 November 1992.[2] It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 1992-080A.[2] The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 22236.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Tselina-D (11F619, Ikar)". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/tselina-d.htm. Retrieved 2014-10-01. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "Cosmos 2221". National Space Science Data Centre. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1992-080A. Retrieved 2014-10-01. 
  3. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt. Retrieved 2014-10-01.