Saturday, April 16, 2005

Kosmos 2390

 2002-036A


A Kosmos-3M (11K65M) rocket was launched from Plesetsk on Jul 8 and placed a pair of Russian Defense Ministry satellites, Kosmos-2390 and Kosmos-2391, in 1466 x 1507 km x 82.5 deg orbits. The launch was a surprise, as it doesn't fit the established profile of any existing Russian military system. Aleksandr Zhelezneyakov's site, www.cosmoworld.ru, was the first to report the pair as Strela-3 satellites.


Kosmos-2390 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2002 Jul 8  0635:41  Launch by Kosmos-3M No 704 PL 132/1 
  T+2:10 St 1 MECO 
  T+2:12 St 1 sep 
 0638  T+2:12 St 2 burn 59km 
 0638  T+2:27 Fairing 76km 
 0643:49 T+8:03? St 2 MECO 150 km  150 x 1500? x 83 
 0730? S3M burn 2 
 0730? S3M sep 
2002 Aug 14    115.71 1468 x 1507 x 82.5 

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