Kosmos 2368
Mission type | Early warning |
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COSPAR ID | 1999-073A |
SATCAT no. | 26042 |
Mission duration | 4 years [1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | US-K[2] |
Launch mass | 1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb)[3] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 27 December 1999, 19:12 | UTC
Rocket | Molniya-M/2BL[2] |
Launch site | Plesetsk Cosmodrome[2][3] |
End of mission | |
Deactivated | 2001/2002 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Molniya [2] |
Perigee altitude | 576 kilometres (358 mi)[4] |
Apogee altitude | 39,776 kilometres (24,716 mi)[4] |
Inclination | 62.8 degrees[4] |
Period | 717.74 minutes[4] |
Kosmos 2368 (
infrared sensors.[2]
Kosmos 2368 was launched from
international designator 1999-073A.[3] The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 26042.[3] The satellite (along with Kosmos 2340, Kosmos 2351, and Kosmos 2342) were lost after a 2001 fire destroyed the ground control building located at the Serpukhov-15 military base resulting in the loss of orbital control.[6]
References
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Podvig, Pavel (2002). "History and the Current Status of the Russian Early-Warning System" (PDF). Science and Global Security. 10 (1): 21–60. S2CID 122901563. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2012-03-15.
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- ^ a b c d e "Cosmos 2388". National Space Science Data Centre. 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
- ^ a b c d McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
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