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Kosmos 1922
Mission typeEarly warning
COSPAR ID1988-013A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.18881
Mission duration4 years
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeUS-K
Launch mass1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date26 February 1988, 09:39 (1988-02-26UTC09:39Z) UTC
RocketMolniya-M/2BL
Launch sitePlesetsk Cosmodrome
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeMolniya
Perigee altitude645 kilometres (401 mi)
Apogee altitude39,720 kilometres (24,680 mi)
Inclination62.9 degrees
Period718.00 minutes

Kosmos 1922 (Russian: Космос 1922 meaning Cosmos 1922) is a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1988 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors.

Kosmos 1922 was launched from Site 41/1 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Russian SSR. A Molniya-M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 09:39 UTC on 26 February 1988. The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 1988-013A . The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 18881.

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References

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