Strela-2M [ISS Reshetnev]
The Strela-2M satellites were operational versions of the second component of the Strela store-dump communication system. It consisted of larger single satellites.
52 operational Strela-2 satellites were launched on Kosmos-3M boosters from Plesetsk with three of them failing to reach orbit. They were put into low circular orbits at 800 km orbital height.
Strela-2 was used until the mis 1990ies, when it was replaced with the third generation Strela-3 satellites.
Kosmos 2251 (Strela-2M #51) gained notority, when it collided, allready defunct, with the Iridium 33 satellite on 11 February 2009, producing a large number of debris objects in orbit. Both satellites were completely destroyed and more than 600 pieces of debris were tracked.
Nation: | USSR / Russia |
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Type / Application: | Military Communication, store dump |
Operator: | |
Contractors: | NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki (NPO PM) |
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Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | 6 months |
Mass: | 800 kg |
Orbit: |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Kosmos (352) (Strela-2M #1) | 1970-F05 | 27.06.1970 | Pl LC-132/1 | F | Kosmos-3M | |
Kosmos 372 (Strela-2M #2) | 1970-086A | 16.10.1970 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 407 (Strela-2M #3) | 1971-035A | 23.04.1971 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 468 (Strela-2M #4) | 1971-114A | 17.12.1971 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 494 (Strela-2M #5) | 1972-043A | 23.06.1972 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos (525) (Strela-2M #6) | 1972-F06 | 17.10.1972 | Pl LC-132/1 | F | Kosmos-3M | |
Kosmos 540 (Strela-2M #7) | 1972-104A | 25.12.1972 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 614 (Strela-2M #8) | 1973-098A | 04.12.1973 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 676 (Strela-2M #9) | 1974-071A | 11.09.1974 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 773 (Strela-2M #10) | 1975-094A | 30.09.1975 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 783 (Strela-2M #11) | 1975-112A | 28.11.1975 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 836 (Strela-2M #12) | 1976-061A | 29.06.1976 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 841 (Strela-2M #13) | 1976-069A | 15.07.1976 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 858 (Strela-2M #14) | 1976-098A | 29.09.1976 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 923 (Strela-2M #15) | 1977-059A | 01.07.1977 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 968 (Strela-2M #16) | 1977-119A | 16.12.1977 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 990 (Strela-2M #17) | 1978-019A | 17.02.1978 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1023 (Strela-2M #18) | 1978-063A | 21.06.1978 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1048 (Strela-2M #19) | 1978-105A | 16.11.1978 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1110 (Strela-2M #20) | 1979-060A | 28.06.1979 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1125 (Strela-2M #21) | 1979-078A | 28.08.1979 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1140 (Strela-2M #22) | 1979-089A | 11.10.1979 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1190 (Strela-2M #23) | 1980-056A | 01.07.1980 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1269 (Strela-2M #24) | 1981-041A | 07.05.1981 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1302 (Strela-2M #25) | 1981-084A | 28.08.1981 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1331 (Strela-2M #26) | 1982-001A | 07.01.1982 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1354 (Strela-2M #27) | 1982-037A | 28.04.1982 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1371 (Strela-2M #28) | 1982-051A | 01.06.1982 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos (1403) (Strela-2M #29) | 1982-F05 | 30.08.1982 | Pl LC-132/2 | F | Kosmos-3M | |
Kosmos 1420 (Strela-2M #30) | 1982-109A | 11.11.1982 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1452 (Strela-2M #31) | 1983-031A | 12.04.1983 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1486 (Strela-2M #32) | 1983-079A | 03.08.1983 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1503 (Strela-2M #33) | 1983-103A | 12.10.1983 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1538 (Strela-2M #34) | 1984-019A | 21.02.1984 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1570 (Strela-2M #35) | 1984-056A | 08.06.1984 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1624 (Strela-2M #36) | 1985-006A | 17.01.1985 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1680 (Strela-2M #37) | 1985-079A | 04.09.1985 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1741 (Strela-2M #38) | 1986-030A | 17.04.1986 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1763 (Strela-2M #39) | 1986-052A | 16.07.1986 | Pl LC-133/3 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1777 (Strela-2M #40) | 1986-070A | 10.09.1986 | Pl LC-133/3 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1814 (Strela-2M #41) | 1987-006A | 21.01.1987 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1850 (Strela-2M #42) | 1987-049A | 09.06.1987 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1898 (Strela-2M #43) | 1987-098A | 01.12.1987 | Pl LC-133/3. | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1937 (Strela-2M #44) | 1988-029A | 05.04.1988 | Pl LC-133/3 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1954 (Strela-2M #45) | 1988-053A | 21.06.1988 | Pl LC-133/3 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 1992 (Strela-2M #46) | 1989-005A | 26.01.1989 | Pl LC-132/2 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 2056 (Strela-2M #47) | 1990-004A | 18.01.1990 | Pl LC-133/3 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 2112 (Strela-2M #48) | 1990-111A | 10.12.1990 | Pl LC-133/3 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 2150 (Strela-2M #49) | 1991-041A | 11.06.1991 | Pl LC-133/3 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 2208 (Strela-2M #50) | 1992-053A | 12.08.1992 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | ||
Kosmos 2251 (Strela-2M #51) | 1993-036A | 16.06.1993 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | destroyed in collision with Iridium 33 | |
Kosmos 2298 (Strela-2M #52) | 1994-083A | 20.12.1994 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M |