Kosmos 2350 Explained

Kosmos 2350
Mission Type:Early warning
Operator:VKS
Cospar Id:1998-025A
Satcat:25315
Mission Duration:5-7 years (estimate)
2 months (actual)
Spacecraft Type:US-KMO (71Kh6)
Manufacturer:Lavochkin
Launch Date: UTC
Launch Rocket:Proton-K/DM-2
Launch Site:Baikonur 200/39
Deactivated:29 June 1998
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Geostationary
Apsis:gee
Instruments:Infrared telescope with aperture

Kosmos 2350 (Russian: Космос 2350 meaning Cosmos 2350) is a Russian US-KMO missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1998 as part of the Russian Space Forces' Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using infrared telescopes.

Kosmos 2350 was launched from Site 200/39 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 04:36 UTC on 29 April 1998. The launch successfully placed the satellite into geostationary orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 1998-025A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 25315.

This satellite only worked for 2 months before failing.

The US National Space Science Data Center describe this as a Potok military communications satellite instead of an early warning satellite.

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cosmos 2350. National Space Science Data Centre. 2012-04-10. 2012-04-19.
  2. Web site: US-KMO (71Kh6). Gunter's Space Page. 2012-03-30. 2012-04-19.
  3. Pavel . Podvig . 2002 . History and the Current Status of the Russian Early-Warning System . Science and Global Security . 10 . 1 . 21–60 . 0892-9882 . 10.1080/08929880212328 . 2002S&GS...10...21P . 122901563 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315024323/http://iis-db.stanford.edu/pubs/20734/Podvig-S%26GS.pdf . 2012-03-15 .