Kosmos 2343

 1997-024A

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This was the 250th launch of the Soyuz-U from Baikonur. Kosmos-2343 reentered on Sep 18 after 126 days. The capsule recovery dates are not publicly available: in the satellite database, I use fiducial dates of May 31, Jun 15, Jun 30, Jul 12, Jul 28, Aug 12, Aug 26, Sep 16 and a fiducial deorbit burn of 225 m/s.

Kosmos-2343
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 May 15	1210:00	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB LC31
	1214	Blok-A sep
	1219	Blok-I sep
	1230		89.39 196 x 292 x 64.9
	1500		89.44 169 x 324 x 64.9
1997 May 16	0400		89.38 170 x 316 x 64.9
1997 May 19	0200		89.80 205 x 323 x 64.9
1997 May 23	0200		89.73 204 x 317 x 64.9
1997 May 28			89.61 202 x 307 x 64.9
1997 May 28		Orbit raise	89.97 202 x 343 x 64.9
1997 Jun 4			89.81 200 x 329 x 64.9
1997 Jun 4		Orbit raise	90.04 216 x 336 x 64.9
1997 Jul 13			89.317 201 x 279 x 64.9
1997 Jul 13		Orbit raise	89.95 207 x 336 x 64.9
1997 Jul 14		Orbit raise	89.97 204 x 340 x 64.9
1997 Aug 5			89.48 196 x 300 x 64.9
1997 Aug 6		Orbit raise	89.79 210 x 317 x 64.9
1997 Aug 12			89.67 208 x 307 x 64.9
1997 Aug 13		Orbit raise	89.97 210 x 335 x 64.9
1997 Aug 21			89.80 203 x 325 x 64.9
1997 Aug 22		Orbit raise	90.18 243 x 323 x 64.9
1997 Aug 26			90.16 243 x 320 x 64.9
		Orbit lower	89.98 230 x 315 x 64.9
1997 Sep 8			89.78 227 x 299 x 64.9
1997 Sep 18			88.48 181 x 216 x 64.8
1997 Sep 22		Deorbited