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Soyuz-U2 launch from Baikonur (Russia) on September 7, 1993, carrying 9 payloads. GCAT records the launch as a success.

September 7, 1993 · 13:25 UTCLaunch 1993-057Launch no. 3,842 in the log
RocketSoyuz-U2
SpaceportBaikonurpad LC31
OutcomeSuccess
Launch agencyVKS RVSNRussia

Flight

Date and time (UTC)
September 7, 1993, 13:25
Launch designation
1993-057
Mission
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Flight name
Kosmos-2262
Vehicle flight ID
77044 -356

Orbit and payload

Initial apogee
336 km
Payload mass to orbit
7.6 t
Payloads
9
GCAT launch code
OS

Payloads

PayloadDesignationOwnerMission typeMassFate
Kosmos-22621993-057ANORAD 22789Russian Military Space ForcesOptical imaging3,590 kgExploded or broke up · Dec 18, 1993
Spuskaemaya Kapsula1993-057Rossiskoe aviatsionno-kosmicheskoe agentsvo (Rosaviakosmos)———
Spuskaemaya Kapsula1993-057Rossiskoe aviatsionno-kosmicheskoe agentsvo (Rosaviakosmos)———
Spuskaemaya Kapsula1993-057Rossiskoe aviatsionno-kosmicheskoe agentsvo (Rosaviakosmos)———
Spuskaemaya Kapsula1993-057Rossiskoe aviatsionno-kosmicheskoe agentsvo (Rosaviakosmos)———
Spuskaemaya Kapsula1993-057Rossiskoe aviatsionno-kosmicheskoe agentsvo (Rosaviakosmos)———
Spuskaemaya Kapsula1993-057Rossiskoe aviatsionno-kosmicheskoe agentsvo (Rosaviakosmos)———
Spuskaemaya Kapsula1993-057Rossiskoe aviatsionno-kosmicheskoe agentsvo (Rosaviakosmos)———
Spuskaemaya Kapsula1993-057Rossiskoe aviatsionno-kosmicheskoe agentsvo (Rosaviakosmos)———

Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.