Kosmos 2175 (russian: link=no, Космос-2175 meaning ''Cosmos 2175'') was a Russian
Yantar-4K2
Yantar ( rus, Янтарь meaning amber) is a series of Russian (previously Soviet) reconnaissance satellites, which supplemented and eventually replaced the Zenit spacecraft. Kosmos 2175, a Yantar-4K2 or ''Kobalt'' spacecraft, was the first sate ...
photo reconnaissance satellite. It was the first satellite to be launched by the
Russian Federation
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, following the
breakup of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
. It was launched by a
Soyuz-U
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carrier rocket
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, flying from the
Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Plesetsk Cosmodrome ( rus, Космодром «Плесецк», r=Kosmodrom "Plesetsk", p=kəsmɐˈdrom plʲɪˈsʲet͡sk) is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200&n ...
, on 21 January 1992.
Encyclopedia Astronautica – Chronology – Quarter 1 1992
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
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, on 20 March 1992, following a successful mission. Prior to this, two capsules had been returned with imagery aboard.
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Spacecraft which reentered in 1992
Kosmos satellites
Yantar (satellite)
Spacecraft launched in 1992
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