COSMOS 2242

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COSMOS 2242 is classified as:

Brightest
Tselina

NORAD ID: 22626

Int'l Code: 1993-024A

Perigee: 584.9 km

Apogee: 609.0 km

Inclination: 82.5 °

Period: 96.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 6967 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   24251.91301010  .00007572  00000-0  73124-3 0  9996
2 22626  82.5178  69.2153 0017244 349.6824  10.4039 14.92611048698557

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC