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Cosmos 2304
Cosmos 2304 was launched on December 26, 1994 aboard a Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1994-086FNORAD 23446Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2304
- Common name
- Cosmos 2304
- Payload designation
- Strela-3
- Other names
- Strela-3 [No. 104]:JP
- International designator
- 1994-086F
- NORAD catalog number
- 23446
- GCAT identifier
- S23446
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/281
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Strela-3
- Owner
- VKS
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- NPO Applied Mechanics
- Platform (bus)
- Strela-3
Launch
- Date
- December 26, 1994 · 22:26 UTC
- Launch record
- 1994-086Success
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-3
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC32/2?
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 1,412 km
- Apogee
- 1,417 km
- Inclination
- 82.56°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1998
- End of operations
- 1998
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 Q12907629 (CC0).