2026-244Latest orbital launch: Falcon 9 · Starlink Group 15-16 · Oct 27, 2026 · VandenbergLaunch record →
sci-techmaventhe history of spaceflight, in data
  1. Home
  2. Spacecraft
  3. Cosmos 2297
// signals intelligence · 1994

Cosmos 2297

Cosmos 2297 was launched on November 24, 1994 aboard a Zenit-2 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 1994-077ANORAD 23404Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Kosmos-2297
Common name
Cosmos 2297
Payload designation
Tselina-2 No. 9L
Other names
11F644 No. 510-13-309:RA
International designator
1994-077A
NORAD catalog number
23404
GCAT identifier
S23404
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/281

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
November 24, 1994 · 09:15 UTC
Launch record
1994-077Success
Rocket
Zenit-2
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC45/1

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/I
Perigee
848 km
Apogee
854 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 Q12753705 (CC0).