Kosmos 2175

Kosmos 2175
Mission type Reconnaissance
Operator VKS
COSPAR ID 1992-001A
SATCAT no. 21844Edit this on Wikidata
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Yantar-4K2
Start of mission
Launch date 21 January 1992, 15:00:00 (1992-01-21UTC15Z) UTC
Rocket Soyuz-U
Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome 43/3
End of mission
Landing date 20 March 1992 (1992-03-21)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Eccentricity 0.01502
Perigee 158 kilometres (98 mi)
Apogee 347 kilometres (216 mi)
Inclination 67.1 degrees
Period 89.6 minutes
Epoch 20 January 1992, 19:00:00 UTC[1]

Kosmos 2175 (Russian: Космос-2175 meaning Cosmos 2175) was a Russian Yantar-4K2 photo reconnaissance satellite. It was the first satellite to be launched by the Russian Federation, following the breakup of the Soviet Union. It was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket, flying from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, on 21 January 1992.[2]

It was the 63rd Yantar-4K2 satellite. Yantar-4K2 spacecraft are also designated Kobal't. Kosmos 2175 was deorbited, and recovered after atmospheric re-entry, on 20 March 1992, following a successful mission. Prior to this, two capsules had been returned with imagery aboard.

References

  1. "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Trajectory Details". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. Encyclopedia Astronautica – Chronology – Quarter 1 1992 Archived 13 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
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