NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cosmos 2233

Launch Time
Tue Feb 09, 1993 02:56 UTC

Rocket

Cosmos-3M
Image Credit: OKB-586
VKS RF
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 1,486 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 32.42 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.44 m
Fairing Height: 5.72 m

Mission Details

Cosmos 2233

It is a satellite of the Parouss constellation. These are military positioning satellites, used to give the position of Soviet and Russian submarines and ships. They have an accuracy of 100 meters, and are still operational today.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 580.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

1993

8th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-3

430th mission
2nd mission of 1993
403rd successful mission
12th consecutive successful mission