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Kosmos 2446

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Kosmos 2446
Mission type Early warning
COSPAR ID 2008-062A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no. 33447
Mission duration 4 years [1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type US-K [2]
Launch mass 1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb) [3]
Start of mission
Launch date 2 December 2008, 05:03  ( 2008-12-02UTC05:03Z )  UTC
Rocket Molniya-M / 2BL [2]
Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome [2] [3]
End of mission
Decay date May 6th, 2017
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Molniya [2]
Perigee altitude 522 kilometres (324 mi) [4]
Apogee altitude 39,190 kilometres (24,350 mi) [4]
Inclination 62.8 degrees [4]
Period 704.78 minutes [4]
 

Kosmos 2446 ( Russian : Космос 2446 meaning Cosmos 2446 ) is a Russian US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 2008 as part of the Russian Space Forces ' Oko programme. [5] The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . [2]

Kosmos 2446 was launched from Site 16/2 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. [2] A Molniya-M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 05:03 UTC on 2 December 2008. [3] The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2008-062A. [3] The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 33447. [3]

Ground track of Kosmos 2446

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Podvig, Pavel (2002). "History and the Current Status of the Russian Early-Warning System" (PDF) . Science and Global Security . 10 (1): 21?60. Bibcode : 2002S&GS...10...21P . CiteSeerX   10.1.1.692.6127 . doi : 10.1080/08929880212328 . ISSN   0892-9882 . S2CID   122901563 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "US-K (73D6)" . Gunter's Space Page. 8 March 2012 . Retrieved 21 April 2012 .
  3. ^ a b c d e "Cosmos 2446" . National Space Science Data Centre. 20 April 2012 . Retrieved 25 April 2012 .
  4. ^ a b c d McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog" . Jonathan's Space Page . Retrieved 30 April 2012 .
  5. ^ Podvig, Pavel (2 December 2008). "Launch of Cosmos-2446, a new first-generation early-warning satellite" . Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces . Retrieved 30 April 2012 .

See also [ edit ]

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