Kosmos 2430

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title: "Kosmos 2430" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["kosmos-satellites", "spacecraft-launched-in-2007", "oko", "spacecraft-launched-by-molniya-m-rockets", "spacecraft-which-reentered-in-2019"] description: "Russian military satellite" topic_path: "general/kosmos-satellites" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_2430" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Russian military satellite ::

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Field	Value
name	Kosmos 2430
image	Kosmos 2430 ground track.jpg
image_caption	Ground track of Kosmos 2430 (as of June 5, 2012)
mission_type	Early warning
COSPAR_ID	2007-049A
SATCAT	32268
mission_duration	4 years
spacecraft_type	US-K
launch_mass	1900 kg
launch_date	UTC
launch_rocket	Molniya-M/2BL
launch_site	Plesetsk Cosmodrome
deactivated	May 2012?
decay_date	UTC
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Molniya
orbit_periapsis	519 km
orbit_apoapsis	39175 km
orbit_inclination	62.8 degrees
orbit_period	704.44 minutes
apsis	gee
programme	Oko (satellites)
previous_mission	Kosmos 2422
next_mission	Kosmos 2431
programme2	Kosmos (satellites)
previous_mission2	Kosmos 2429
next_mission2	Kosmos 2431
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| name = Kosmos 2430 | image = Kosmos 2430 ground track.jpg | image_caption = Ground track of Kosmos 2430 (as of June 5, 2012) | mission_type = Early warning | operator = | COSPAR_ID = 2007-049A | SATCAT = 32268 | 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 = May 2012? | decay_date = UTC

| orbit_epoch = | orbit_reference = Geocentric | orbit_regime = Molniya | orbit_periapsis = 519 km | orbit_apoapsis = 39175 km | orbit_inclination = 62.8 degrees | orbit_period = 704.44 minutes | orbit_slot = | apsis = gee

| programme = Oko (satellites) | previous_mission = Kosmos 2422 | next_mission = Kosmos 2431 | programme2 = Kosmos (satellites) | previous_mission2 = Kosmos 2429 | next_mission2 = Kosmos 2431

Kosmos 2430 ( meaning Cosmos 2430) was a Russian US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 2007 as part of the Russian Space Forces' Oko programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors.

Kosmos 2430 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 04:39 UTC on 23 October 2007. The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2007-049A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 32268.

In May 2012, it did not perform a manoeuvre and drifted off station.

On 5 January 2019, it was caught on video as it de-orbited over the North Island of New Zealand.

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

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