Kosmos 2232

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title: "Kosmos 2232" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["kosmos-satellites", "spacecraft-launched-in-1993", "oko", "spacecraft-launched-by-molniya-m-rockets"] description: "Russian military early warning satellite" topic_path: "general/kosmos-satellites" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_2232" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Russian military early warning satellite ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox spaceflight"]

Field	Value
name	Kosmos 2232
mission_type	Early warning
COSPAR_ID	1993-006A
SATCAT	22321
mission_duration	4 years
spacecraft_type	US-K
launch_mass	1900 kg
launch_date	UTC
launch_rocket	Molniya-M/2BL
launch_site	Plesetsk Cosmodrome
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Molniya
orbit_periapsis	614 km
orbit_apoapsis	39734 km
orbit_inclination	62.7 degrees
orbit_period	717.64 minutes
apsis	gee
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| name = Kosmos 2232 | mission_type = Early warning | operator = | COSPAR_ID = 1993-006A | SATCAT = 22321 | mission_duration = 4 years

| spacecraft_type = US-K | manufacturer = | launch_mass = 1900 kg

| launch_date = UTC | launch_rocket = Molniya-M/2BL | launch_site = Plesetsk Cosmodrome | entered_service =

| disposal_type = | deactivated = | decay_date =

| orbit_epoch = | orbit_reference = Geocentric | orbit_regime = Molniya | orbit_periapsis = 614 km | orbit_apoapsis = 39734 km | orbit_inclination = 62.7 degrees | orbit_period = 717.64 minutes | orbit_slot = | apsis = gee

Kosmos 2232 ( meaning Cosmos 2232) is a Russian US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1993 as part of the Russian Space Forces' Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors.

Kosmos 2232 was launched from Site 16/2 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. A Molniya-M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 15:55 UTC on 26 January 1993. The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 1993-006A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 22321.

References

|first=Pavel |last=Podvig |year=2002 |title=History and the Current Status of the Russian Early-Warning System |journal=Science and Global Security |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=21–60 |issn=0892-9882 |doi=10.1080/08929880212328 |bibcode=2002S&GS...10...21P |url=http://iis-db.stanford.edu/pubs/20734/Podvig-S&GS.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315024323/http://iis-db.stanford.edu/pubs/20734/Podvig-S%26GS.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-15 |citeseerx=10.1.1.692.6127 |s2cid=122901563

References

1. (2012-04-20). "Cosmos 2232". National Space Science Data Centre.
2. (2012-03-08). "US-K (73D6)". Gunter's Space Page.
3. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page.
4. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page.

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