Kosmos 2393 (russian: Космос 2393 meaning ''Cosmos 2393'') is a Russian
US-K missile
early warning satellite
An early warning satellite is a satellite designed to rapidly detect ballistic missile launches and thus enable defensive military action. To do this, these satellites use infrared detectors that identify the missile thanks to the heat given off ...
which was launched in 2002 as part of the
Russian Space Forces'
Oko
OKO ( rus, ОКО, r=, literally means eye, also an abbreviation for Ob'yedinonnyye Kristallom Osnovaniya ( rus, Oбъединённые Кристаллом Oснования, r=, literally means Foundations Bound by a Crystal)) is a complex o ...
programme.
The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using
optical telescope
An optical telescope is a telescope that gathers and focuses light mainly from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, to create a magnified image for direct visual inspection, to make a photograph, or to collect data through electro ...
s and
infrared sensor
Infrared (IR), sometimes called infrared light, is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than those of visible light. It is therefore invisible to the human eye. IR is generally understood to encompass wavelengths from around ...
s.
Kosmos 2393 was launched from
Site 16/2 at
Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia.
A
Molniya-M carrier rocket with a
2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 12:20 UTC on 24 December 2002.
The launch successfully placed the satellite into a
molniya orbit. It subsequently received its
Kosmos designation, and the
international designator 2002-059A.
The
United States Space Command assigned it the
Satellite Catalog Number 27613.
It stopped undertaking maneuvers to remain in its orbital position in February 2007 which probably indicates that it was not working from that date.
It re-entered on December 22, 2013, according to one source.
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See also
* List of Kosmos satellites (2251–2500)
*List of R-7 launches (2000-2004)
This is a list of launches made by the R-7 Semyorka ICBM, and its derivatives. All launches are orbital satellite launches, unless stated otherwise.
Due to the size of the list, it has been split into several smaller articles:
* List of R-7 ...
*2002 in spaceflight
This article outlines notable events occurring in 2002 in spaceflight
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*List of Oko satellites
Oko is a Russian satellite-based missile detection and early warning system. The system has used a total of 101 satellites, which were launched between 1972 and 2012. Eighty six US-K satellites, operated in semisynchronous elliptical molniya orb ...
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