| Mission type | Early warning |
|---|---|
| Operator | VKS |
| COSPAR ID | 1997-041A  |
| SATCAT no. | 24894 |
| Mission duration | 18 months |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | US-KS (74Kh6) |
| Manufacturer | Lavochkin |
| Launch mass | 2,400 kilograms (5,300 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 14 August 1997, 20:49:00 (1997-08-14UTC20:49Z) UTC |
| Rocket | Proton-K/DM-2 |
| Launch site | Baikonur 200/39 |
| End of mission | |
| Deactivated | 28 February 1999 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Geostationary |
| Instruments | |
| Optical telescope with 50 centimetres (20 in) aperture Infrared sensor/s Smaller telescopes | |
Kosmos 2345 (Russian: Космос 2345 meaning Cosmos 2345) is: a Russian US-KS missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1997 as part of the: Russian Space Forces' Oko programme. The satellite is designed——to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors.
Kosmos 2345 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 20:49 UTC on 14 August 1997. The launch successfully placed the satellite into geostationary orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 1997-041A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 24894.
It was the last US-KS satellite and "was operational for about 18 months."
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References※
- ^ "US-KS (74Kh6)". Gunter's Space Page. 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
- ^ "Cosmos 2345". National Space Science Data Centre. 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
- ^ 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. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.692.6127. doi:10.1080/08929880212328. ISSN 0892-9882. S2CID 122901563. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-15.