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Kosmos 2422

Russian military satellite

Field	Value
name	Kosmos 2422
mission_type	Early warning
COSPAR_ID	2006-030A
SATCAT	29260
mission_duration	4 years
spacecraft_type	US-K
launch_mass	1900 kg
launch_date	UTC
launch_rocket	Molniya-M/2BL
launch_site	Plesetsk Cosmodrome
decay_date	UTC
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Molniya
orbit_periapsis	583 km
orbit_apoapsis	39780 km
orbit_inclination	62.9 degrees
orbit_period	717.96 minutes
apsis	gee
programme	Oko (satellites)
previous_mission	Kosmos 2393
next_mission	Kosmos 2430
programme2	Kosmos (satellites)
previous_mission2	Kosmos 2421
next_mission2	Kosmos 2423

Kosmos 2422 ( meaning Cosmos 2422) was a Russian US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 2006 as part of the Russian Space Forces' Oko programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors.

Kosmos 2422 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 04:20 UTC on 21 July 2006. The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2006-030A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 29260.

Kosmos 2422 decayed from orbit on 22 November 2019, at 22:15 UTC.

References

(24 November 2019). "Russia’s top brass confirms military satellite’s exit from orbit".
(2012-04-20). "Cosmos 2422". National Space Science Data Centre.
(July 21, 2006). "Cosmos-2422 launch seems to aim at upgrading the early warning system". 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.

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