Status
Success
Cosmos 2372
Launch Time
Mon Sep 25, 2000 10:10 UTC
Mon Sep 25, 2000 10:10 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 2372
Orlets-2 or Yenisey was an improved Orlets-1 film return reconnaissance satellite with 22 small return capsules.
Following evaluation of flight trials in April-May 1977 it was concluded that the Yantar-2K was not capable of providing strategic warning of attack. Therefore three additional variants were developed, one of them the wide-spectrum detail and survey satellite Orlets.
Orlets featured a panoramic camera and drew on features of an existing draft project designated Yantar-6K. The redesigned spacecraft was expandable, with Phase 1 (Orlets-1) being launched by the Soyuz-U2 launch vehicle, equipped with 8 film return capsules and having a design life of 60 days.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 10,500.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 45/1, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
2000
58th orbital launch attempt
Zenit
38th mission
4th mission of 2000
28th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission