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Kosmos 2241
Russian military early warning satellite. Kosmos 2241 was launched on April 6, 1993 aboard a Molniya 8K78M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Mar 8, 2022).
COSPAR 1993-022ANORAD 22594Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2241
- Common name
- Kosmos 2241
- Payload designation
- Oko 73D6 No. 6060
- Other names
- 73D6 No. 190-20-603:RA
- International designator
- 1993-022A
- NORAD catalog number
- 22594
- GCAT identifier
- S22594
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/268
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Oko E
- Owner
- PVO
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- NPO Lavochkin
- Platform (bus)
- Oko
Launch
- Date
- April 6, 1993 · 19:07 UTC
- Launch record
- 1993-022Success
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- HEO/M
- Perigee
- 663 km
- Apogee
- 39,691 km
- Inclination
- 62.96°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- March 8, 2022
- Last known active
- 1994
- End of operations
- 1997
Size
- Mass
- 1,250 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,150 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 5.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3397995 (CC0).