COSMOS 2242

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COSMOS 2242 is classified as:

Brightest
Tselina

NORAD ID: 22626

Int'l Code: 1993-024A

Perigee: 597.2 km

Apogee: 625.8 km

Inclination: 82.5 °

Period: 96.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 6982 km

RCS: 9.205 m² (large)

Launch date: April 16, 1993
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

Cosmos 2242 was a Russian ELINT (Electronic and Signals Intelligence) satellite.

1 22626U 93024A   19321.92009926 +.00000165 +00000-0 +15231-4 0  9997
2 22626 082.5200 288.4676 0020500 068.6195 291.7207 14.87943426437257

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC