Kosmos 2282

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Mission typeEarly warning
OperatorVKS
COSPAR ID1994-038A
SATCAT no.23168Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration5-7 years (estimate)
17 months (actual)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeUS-KMO (71Kh6)
ManufacturerLavochkin
Launch mass2,600 kilograms (5,700 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date6 July 1994, 23:58:00 (1994-07-06UTC23:58Z) UTC
RocketProton-K/DM-2
Launch siteBaikonur 81/23
End of mission
Deactivated29 December 1995
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeGeostationary
Instruments
Infrared telescope with 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) aperture
 

Kosmos 2282 (Russian: Космос 2282 meaning Cosmos 2282) is a Russian US-KMO missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1994 as part of the Russian Space Forces' Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using infrared telescopes.

Kosmos 2282 was launched from Site 81/23 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A Proton-K carrier rocket with a DM-2 upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 23:58 UTC on 6 July 1994. The launch successfully placed the satellite into geostationary orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 1994-038A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 23168.

This satellite only worked for 17 months before failing.

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "US-KMO (71Kh6)". Gunter's Space Page. 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  2. ^ a b c d "Cosmos 2282". National Space Science Data Centre. 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  3. ^ a b c d Podvig, Pavel (2002). "History and the Current Status of the Russian Early-Warning System" (PDF). Science and Global Security. 10 (1): 21–60. Bibcode:2002S&GS...10...21P. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.692.6127. doi:10.1080/08929880212328. ISSN 0892-9882. S2CID 122901563. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15.