Kosmos 2290

 1994-053A

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Kosmos-2290 was deorbited in Apr 1995 over the Pacific, reentering approx 2720 km E of Wellington, NZ. According to Phillip Clark, mass of Kosmos-2290 was around 10600 kg.

The Yuzhnoe book implies the name Orlets.

At launch, the usual four high-orbit Zenit rocket separation motor covers were cataloged. In addtion, two small debris objects were found in the payload orbit, which may be sensor covers of some kind. The satellite was deorbited on 1995 Apr 4; two days earlier four objects were ejected.

Debris was found in Mexico, including parts from a 17D62 engine.

Kosmos-2290
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1994 Aug 26	1200:00	Launch by Zenit-2	KB
	1202:28	Stage 1 sep
	1204:58	Fairing sep
	1207:18	Stage 2 MECO
	1210:28	Stage 2 VECO
	1210:29	Stage 2 sep
1994 Aug 26			89.55 211 x 292 x 64.8
1994 Aug 30			89.50 210 x 288 x 64.8
1994 Sep 6			89.38 208 x 279 x 64.8
1994 Sep 6		Orbit raise	90.08 208 x 347 x 64.8
1994 Sep 30			89.66 201 x 314 x 64.8
1994 Oct 1		Orbit raise	89.84 209 x 323 x 64.8
1994 Oct 14			89.53 204 x 298 x 64.8
1994 Oct 14		Orbit raise	89.89 206 x 330 x 64.8
1994 Oct 20			89.79 203 x 323 x 64.8
1994 Oct 20		Orbit raise	90.13 205 x 356 x 64.8
1994 Oct 29			89.96 201 x 342 x 64.8
1994 Oct 29		Orbit raise	90.32 213 x 366 x 64.8
1994 Nov 5			90.21 212 x 357 x 64.8
1994 Nov 10			90.12 210 x 350 x 64.8
1994 Nov 11		Orbit raise	90.28 209 x 366 x 64.8
1994 Nov 15			90.22 209 x 361 x 64.8
1994 Dec 14			89.74 200 x 322 x 64.8
		Orbit raise
1994 Dec 14			90.37 202 x 382 x 64.8
1994 Dec 28			90.13 200 x 361 x 64.8
		Orbit raise
1994 Dec 28			90.63 200 x 410 x 64.8
1995 Jan 26			90.16 193 x 371 x 64.8
1995 Jan 26		Orbit adjust
1995 Jan 27			89.88 192 x 344 x 64.8
1995 Jan 30			89.79 190 x 337 x 64.8
1995 Jan 31		Orbit raise	90.34 191 x 391 x 64.8
1995 Feb 7			89.96 177 x 367 x 64.8
1995 Feb 8		Orbit raise	90.35 181 x 401 x 64.8
1995 Feb 12			89.19 179 x 387 x 64.8
1995 Feb 13		Orbit raise	90.33 181 x 399 x 64.8
1995 Feb 22			89.97 178 x 367 x 64.8
1995 Feb 23		Orbit raise	90.72 180 x 439 x 64.8
1995 Mar 5			90.31 177 x 401 x 64.8
		Orbit raise	90.96 184 x 458 x 64.8
1995 Mar 15			90.65 183 x 429 x 64.8
1995 Mar 16		Orbit lower	90.39 182 x 404 x 64.8
1995 Mar 27			90.00 179 x 370 x 64.8
1995 Mar 28		Orbit raise	82.14 181 x 576 x 64.80
1995 Apr 2		53J,K,L,M ejected
1995 Apr 3			91.93 180 x 557 x 64.80
1995 Apr 4	2355	Deorbited over Pacific
1995 Apr 5	0155?	Entry over Mexico?