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Cosmos 2278
Cosmos 2278 was launched on April 23, 1994 aboard a Zenit-2 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1994-023ANORAD 23087Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2278
- Common name
- Cosmos 2278
- Payload designation
- Tselina-2 No. 10L
- Other names
- 11F644 No. 450-33-310:RA
- International designator
- 1994-023A
- NORAD catalog number
- 23087
- GCAT identifier
- S23087
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/277
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Tselina-2
- Owner
- GRU
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Tselina-2
Launch
- Date
- April 23, 1994 · 08:01 UTC
- Launch record
- 1994-023Success
- Rocket
- Zenit-2
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC45/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 848 km
- Apogee
- 855 km
- Inclination
- 71.00°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1995
- End of operations
- 1999
Size
- Mass
- 3,250 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,250 kg
- Length
- 4.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.40 m
- Span
- 22.7 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12907624 (CC0).