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Kosmos 2224

Mission type	Early warning
Operator	VKS
COSPAR ID	1992-088A
SATCAT no.	22269
Mission duration	5-7 years (estimate) 77 months (actual)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	US-KMO (71Kh6)
Manufacturer	Lavochkin
Launch mass	2,600 kilograms (5,700 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	17 December 1992, 12:45:00 (1992-12-17UTC12:45Z) UTC
Rocket	Proton-K/DM-2
Launch site	Baikonur 200/39
End of mission
Deactivated	17 June 1999
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Instruments
Infrared telescope with 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) aperture

Kosmos 2224 (Russian: Космос 2224 meaning Cosmos 2224) is a Russian US-KMO missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1992 as part of the Russian Space Forces' Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using infrared telescopes.

Kosmos 2224 was launched from Site 200/39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A Proton-K carrier rocket with a DM-2 upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 12:45 UTC on 17 December 1992. The launch successfully placed the satellite into geostationary orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 1992-088A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 22269.

It was operational for 77 months, which was the longest of the US-KMO series until Kosmos 2379.

See also

• List of Kosmos satellites (2001–2250)

References

1. ^ "US-KMO (71Kh6)". Gunter's Space Page. 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
2. ^ "Cosmos 2224". National Space Science Data Centre. 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
3. ^ Podvig, Pavel (2002). "History and the Current Status of the Russian Early-Warning System" (PDF). Science and Global Security. 10 (1): 21–60. Bibcode:2002S&GS...10...21P. doi:10.1080/08929880212328. ISSN 0892-9882. S2CID 122901563. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15.

• Spacecraft launched in 1992
• Spacecraft launched by Proton rockets
• Kosmos satellites
• Oko