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Status

Success

Cosmos 2310

Launch Time
Wed Mar 22, 1995 04:09 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 2310

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 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

1995

14th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-3

442nd mission
3rd mission of 1995
415th successful mission
24th consecutive successful mission