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Kosmos 2430

Russian military satellite

Russian military satellite

FieldValue
nameKosmos 2430
imageKosmos 2430 ground track.jpg
image_captionGround track of Kosmos 2430 (as of June 5, 2012)
mission_typeEarly warning
COSPAR_ID2007-049A
SATCAT32268
mission_duration4 years
spacecraft_typeUS-K
launch_mass1900 kg
launch_dateUTC
launch_rocketMolniya-M/2BL
launch_sitePlesetsk Cosmodrome
deactivatedMay 2012?
decay_dateUTC
orbit_referenceGeocentric
orbit_regimeMolniya
orbit_periapsis519 km
orbit_apoapsis39175 km
orbit_inclination62.8 degrees
orbit_period704.44 minutes
apsisgee
programme**Oko (satellites)**
previous_missionKosmos 2422
next_missionKosmos 2431
programme2**Kosmos (satellites)**
previous_mission2Kosmos 2429
next_mission2Kosmos 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

|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

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  2. (5 January 2019). "Cosmos 2430 (ID 32268) {{!}} The Aerospace Corporation".
  3. (2019-01-10). "Russia Confirms ‘Meteor Shower’ Was Actually a Missile Defense Satellite". The Moscow Times.
  4. (2012-04-20). "Cosmos 2430". National Space Science Data Centre.
  5. (October 23, 2007). "Launch of Cosmos-2430 early-warning satellite". Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces.
  6. "COSMOS 2430 - NORAD 32268".
  7. (2012-03-08). "US-K (73D6)". Gunter's Space Page.
  8. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page.
  9. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page.
  10. Pavel, Podvig. (2012-11-13). "Changes in Russia's early warning satellite constellation". Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces.
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