Kosmos 2133

Kosmos 2133
Mission typeEarly warning
OperatorVKS
COSPAR ID1991-010A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.21111
Mission duration5-7 years (estimate)
4 years (actual)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeUS-KMO (71Kh6)[1]
ManufacturerLavochkin[1]
Launch mass2,600 kilograms (5,700 lb)[1]
Start of mission
Launch date14 February 1991, 08:31:00 (1991-02-14UTC08:31Z) UTC[2][3]
RocketProton-K/DM-2
Launch siteBaikonur 200/39[1]
End of mission
Deactivated9 November 1995 [3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeGeostationary
Instruments
Infrared telescope with 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) aperture [1]
 

Kosmos 2133 (Russian: Космос 2133 meaning Cosmos 2133) is a Russian US-KMO missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1991 as part of the Russian Space Forces' Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using infrared telescopes.[1]

Kosmos 2133 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 08:31 UTC on 14 February 1991.[2] The launch successfully placed the satellite into geostationary orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 1991-010A.[2] The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 21111.[2][3]

Kosmos 2133 was the first satellite in the US-KMO series and was operational for over 4 years.[1][3]

See also

  • Spaceflight portal
  • List of Kosmos satellites (2001–2250)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "US-KMO (71Kh6)". Gunter's Space Page. 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  2. ^ a b c d "Cosmos 2133". National Space Science Data Centre. 2012-04-10. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  3. ^ a b c d 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.
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Orbital launches in 1991
January
  • NATO 4A
  • Progress M-6
  • Italsat 1, Eutelsat-2 F2
  • Kosmos 2121
  • Kosmos 2122
  • Informator No.1
February
  • Kosmos 2123
  • Kosmos 2124
  • Kosmos 2125, Kosmos 2126, Kosmos 2127, Kosmos 2128, Kosmos 2129, Kosmos 2130, Kosmos 2131, Kosmos 2132
  • Kosmos 2133
  • Kosmos 2134
  • Molniya 1-80
  • Kosmos 2135
  • Gran' No.38L
March
  • Astra 1B, Meteosat 5
  • Kosmos 2136
  • USA-69
  • Inmarsat-2 F2
  • Nadezhda No.409
  • Progress M-7
  • Kosmos 2137
  • Molniya-3 No.55
  • Kosmos 2138
  • Almaz 1
April
May
June
  • Okean-O1 No.6
  • STS-40
  • Kosmos 2150
  • Kosmos 2151
  • Molniya 1-81
  • Unnamed
  • Resurs-F1 No.52
  • REX
July
August
September
October
November
  • USA-72, USA-74, USA-76, USA-77
  • Kosmos 2165, Kosmos 2166, Kosmos 2167, Kosmos 2168, Kosmos 2169, Kosmos 2170
  • Kosmos 2171
  • Kosmos 2172
  • STS-44 (USA-75)
  • Kosmos 2173
  • USA-73
December
  • Eutelsat-2 F3
  • Telecom 2A, Inmarsat-2 F3
  • Kosmos 2174
  • Interkosmos 25, Magion 3
  • Gran' No.39L
  • Zhongxing-4
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