Kosmos 2222 (russian: Космос 2222 meaning ''Cosmos 2222'') is a Russian US-K missile early warning

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which was launched in 1992 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

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s and

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s. Kosmos 2222 was launched from Site 43/3 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 12:18 UTC on 25 November 1992. The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 1992-081A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 22238. The satellite became inactive in 1995, and reentered the Earth's atmosphere on 3 May 2023 at 03:58 UTC.

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{{Orbital launches in 1992 Kosmos satellites Spacecraft launched in 1992 Oko Spacecraft launched by Molniya-M rockets

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