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The designation Kosmos (Russian: Космос meaning Cosmos) is a generic name given to a large number of Soviet Union, and subsequently Russian, satellites, the first of which was launched in 1962. Satellites given Kosmos designations include military spacecraft, failed probes to the Moon and the planets, prototypes for crewed spacecraft, and ...
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Despite the launch failure of another Soyuz 2-1B rocket just four days before, Kosmos 2524 launched on December 2, 2017, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 at 10:43 UTC.It was launched to a low Earth orbit with a periapsis of 905.0 km (562.3 mi), an apoapsis of 917.1 km (569.9 mi) and an inclination of 67.1°, allowing it to cover much of the world.
Kosmos (Russian: Ко́смос, IPA:, [1] meaning "(outer) space" or "Kosmos") is a designation given to many satellites operated by the Soviet Union and subsequently Russia. Kosmos 1 , the first spacecraft to be given a Kosmos designation, was launched on 16 March 1962.
Kosmos 2553 (Russian: Космос 2553, lit. 'Cosmos 2553') is a Russian satellite launched on 5 February 2022, by the Russian Aerospace Forces . The satellite was delivered into orbit by a Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the assistance of a Fregat upper stage .
It was the fourth flight of the Kosmos-2I, and the second to successfully reach orbit. The launch was conducted from Mayak-2 at Kapustin Yar , and occurred at 17:16:00 GMT on 6 April 1962. [ 5 ] Kosmos 2 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 215 kilometres (134 mi), an apogee of 1,488 kilometres (925 mi), an inclination of 49.0 ...
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Kosmos 2222 (Russian: Космос 2222 meaning Cosmos 2222) is a Russian US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1992 as part of the Russian Space Forces' Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors .