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COSMOS 2242
active
Payload
LEO
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Launch
Launch date
April 16, 1993 at 07:49 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Tsiklon-3 →
Operator
Russian Space Forces
Mission
Tselina-R 4
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
588 km
Periapsis
566 km
Inclination
82.52°
Orbital period
96.2 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1993-024A
NORAD catalog №
22626
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
8.317 m²
Status
active