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Cosmos 2256
Cosmos 2256 was launched on June 24, 1993 aboard a Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1993-038ENORAD 22691Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2256
- Common name
- Cosmos 2256
- Payload designation
- Strela-3
- Other names
- Strela-3 [No. 91]:JP
- International designator
- 1993-038E
- NORAD catalog number
- 22691
- GCAT identifier
- S22691
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/275
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Strela-3
- Owner
- VKS
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- NPO Applied Mechanics
- Platform (bus)
- Strela-3
Launch
- Date
- June 24, 1993 · 04:12 UTC
- Launch record
- 1993-038Success
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-3
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC32/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 1,402 km
- Apogee
- 1,413 km
- Inclination
- 82.57°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1996
- End of operations
- 1996
Size
- Mass
- 225 kg
- Dry mass
- 225 kg
- Length
- 1.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.80 m
- Span
- 7.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753680 (CC0).