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Kosmos 2393

Russian military early warning satellite

Field	Value
name	Kosmos 2393
mission_type	Early warning
COSPAR_ID	2002-059A
SATCAT	27613
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	February 2007
decay_date	22 December 2013
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Molniya
orbit_periapsis	527 km
orbit_apoapsis	39173 km
orbit_inclination	62.8 degrees
orbit_period	704.56 minutes
apsis	gee

Kosmos 2393 ( meaning Cosmos 2393) is a Russian US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 2002 as part of the Russian Space Forces' Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors.

Kosmos 2393 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 12:20 UTC on 24 December 2002. The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2002-059A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 27613.

It stopped undertaking maneuvers to remain in its orbital position in February 2007 which probably indicates that it was not working from that date. It re-entered on December 22, 2013, according to one source.

References

|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

References

"Aerospace".
(2012-04-20). "Cosmos 2393". National Space Science Data Centre.
(March 5, 2007). "Cosmos-2393 ended operations?". Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces.
(2012-03-08). "US-K (73D6)". Gunter's Space Page.
McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page.
McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page.
Podvig, Pavel. (23 October 2007). "Launch of Cosmos-2430 early-warning satellite". Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces.

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