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Cosmos 2242
Soviet satellite. Cosmos 2242 was launched on April 16, 1993 aboard a Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1993-024ANORAD 22626Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2242
- Common name
- Cosmos 2242
- Payload designation
- Tselina-D(R) No. 63L
- Other names
- 11F619R? No. 450-95-663:RA
- International designator
- 1993-024A
- NORAD catalog number
- 22626
- GCAT identifier
- S22626
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/268
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Tselina-R
- Owner
- GRU
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Tselina-D
Launch
- Date
- April 16, 1993 · 07:49 UTC
- Launch record
- 1993-024Success
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-3
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC32/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 633 km
- Apogee
- 667 km
- Inclination
- 82.53°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1995
- End of operations
- 1995
Size
- Mass
- 1,750 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,750 kg
- Length
- 3.2 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 13.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753676 (CC0).