Kosmos 2175
Appearance
SATCAT no. | 21844![]() |
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Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Yantar-4K2 |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 21 January 1992, 15:00:00 | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Plesetsk Cosmodrome 43/3 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 20 March 1992 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Eccentricity | 0.01502 |
Perigee altitude | 158 kilometres (98 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 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
[edit]- ^ "NASA – NSSDCA – Spacecraft – Trajectory Details". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ Encyclopedia Astronautica – Chronology – Quarter 1 1992 Archived 13 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine