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1992 Russian missile detection satellite

Kosmos 2176
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Early warning
COSPAR ID	1992-003A
SATCAT no.	21847
Mission duration	4 years


Spacecraft type	US-K
Launch mass	1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb)


Start of mission
Launch date	24 January 1992, 01:18 (1992-01-24UTC01:18Z) UTC
Rocket	Molniya-M/2BL
Launch site	Plesetsk Cosmodrome


End of mission
Decay date	17 January 2012 (2012-01-18)


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Molniya
Perigee altitude	632 km (393 mi)
Apogee altitude	39,725 km (24,684 mi)
Inclination	62.9 degrees
Period	717.84 min

Kosmos 2176 (Russian: Космос 2176 meaning Cosmos 2176) was a Russian US-K early warning satellite which was launched in 1992 as part of the Russian Space Forces' Oko programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors.

Kosmos 2176 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 01:18 UTC on 24 January 1992. The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 1992-003A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 21847.

It re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on January 17, 2012.

References

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v t e Oko programme
US-K	Kosmos 520 Kosmos 606 Kosmos 665 Kosmos 706 Kosmos 862 Kosmos 903 Kosmos 917 Kosmos 931 Kosmos 1024 Kosmos 1030 Kosmos 1109 Kosmos 1124 Kosmos 1164 Kosmos 1172 Kosmos 1188 Kosmos 1191 Kosmos 1217 Kosmos 1223 Kosmos 1247 Kosmos 1261 Kosmos 1278 Kosmos 1285 Kosmos 1317 Kosmos 1341 Kosmos 1348 Kosmos 1367 Kosmos 1382 Kosmos 1409 Kosmos 1456 Kosmos 1481 Kosmos 1518 Kosmos 1541 Kosmos 1547 Kosmos 1569 Kosmos 1581 Kosmos 1586 Kosmos 1596 Kosmos 1604 Kosmos 1658 Kosmos 1661 Kosmos 1675 Kosmos 1684 Kosmos 1687 Kosmos 1698 Kosmos 1701 Kosmos 1729 Kosmos 1761 Kosmos 1774 Kosmos 1783 Kosmos 1785 Kosmos 1793 Kosmos 1806 Kosmos 1849 Kosmos 1851 Kosmos 1903 Kosmos 1922 Kosmos 1966 Kosmos 1974 Kosmos 1977 Kosmos 2001 Kosmos 2050 Kosmos 2063 Kosmos 2076 Kosmos 2084 Kosmos 2087 Kosmos 2097 Kosmos 2105 Kosmos 2176 Kosmos 2196 Kosmos 2217 Kosmos 2222 Kosmos 2232 Kosmos 2241 Kosmos 2261 Kosmos 2286 Kosmos 2312 Kosmos 2340 Kosmos 2342 Kosmos 2351 Kosmos 2368 Kosmos 2388 Kosmos 2393 Kosmos 2422 Kosmos 2430 Kosmos 2446 Kosmos 2469
US-KS	Kosmos 775 Kosmos 1546 Kosmos 1629 Kosmos 1894 Kosmos 2155 Kosmos 2209 Kosmos 2345
US-KMO	Kosmos 2133 Kosmos 2224 Kosmos 2282 Kosmos 2350 Kosmos 2379 Kosmos 2397 Kosmos 2440 Kosmos 2479
List of satellites

v t e ← 1991 Orbital launches in 1992 1993 →
January	Kosmos 2175 STS-42 Kosmos 2176 Progress M-11 Kosmos 2177, Kosmos 2178, Kosmos 2179
February	Unnamed USA-78 Fuyo 1 Kosmos 2180 USA-79 Superbird B1, Arabsat 1C
March	Molniya 1-83 Kosmos 2181 Galaxy 5 Soyuz TM-14 STS-45
April	Kosmos 2182 Gorizont No.36L Kosmos 2183 USA-80 Kosmos 2184 Telecom 2B, Inmarsat-2 F4 Progress M-12 USA-81 Resurs-F2 No.8 Kosmos 2185
May	STS-49 Palapa B4 SROSS-C Kosmos 2186
June	Kosmos 2187, Kosmos 2188, Kosmos 2189, Kosmos 2190, Kosmos 2191, Kosmos 2192, Kosmos 2193, Kosmos 2194 EUVE Intelsat K Resurs-F1 No.55 STS-50 Progress M-13
July	Kosmos 2195 USA-82 SAMPEX USA-83 Kosmos 2196 INSAT-2A, Eutelsat-2 F4 Kosmos 2197, Kosmos 2198, Kosmos 2199, Kosmos 2200, Kosmos 2201, Kosmos 2202 Gorizont No.37L Geotail, DUVE Kosmos 2203 Soyuz TM-15 Kosmos 2204, Kosmos 2205, Kosmos 2206 Kosmos 2207 STS-46 (EURECA, TSS-1)
August	Molniya 1-84 FSW-13 TOPEX/Poseidon, Uribyol 1, S80/T Kosmos 2208 Optus B1 Progress M-14 Resurs-F1 No.54, Pion-Germes 1, Pion-Germes 2 Galaxy 1R Satcom C4
September	USA-84 Kosmos 2209 Hispasat 1A, Satcom C3 STS-47 Kosmos 2210 Mars Observer
October	FSW-14, Freja Foton No.8L DFS-Kopernikus 3 Molniya-3 No.50 Kosmos 2211, Kosmos 2212, Kosmos 2213, Kosmos 2214, Kosmos 2215, Kosmos 2216 Kosmos 2217 STS-52 (LAGEOS-2, CTA) Progress M-15 (Znamya-2) Galaxy 7 Kosmos 2218 Ekran-M No.15L
November	Resurs 500 Kosmos 2219 Kosmos 2220 MSTI-1 USA-85 Kosmos 2221 Kosmos 2222 Gorizont No.38L USA-86
December	Superbird A1 Molniya-3 No.56 STS-53 (USA-89, ODERACS) Kosmos 2223 Kosmos 2224 USA-87 Optus B2 Kosmos 2226 Kosmos 2225 Kosmos 2227 Kosmos 2228 Kosmos 2229
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

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