Re: Cosmos 2221 and its rocket body
Phillip Clark (psclark@dircon.co.uk)
Sat, 17 Jul 1999 07:26:43 +0100 (BST)
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Judy May wrote:
> I observed for the first time tonight Cosmos 2221 (22236) and Cosmos
> 2221-r (22237).
> 2. Where can I turn to find specific details about the history,
> mission, and intended purpose for any satellite? I was interested in
> knowing the original purpose for this satellite, but was not having much
> success looking through the small assortment of Web links I have
> collected over the years.
I do not know about web links, but Cosmos 2221 is a Tselina-D electronic
intelligence-gathering satellite - part of a long series which started
with Cosmos 389 in 1971. Launches originally used the Vostok-2M vehicle
but in the early 1980s switched to the three-stage Tsyklon. As far as I
am aware, no illustrations are available of the satellite.
Phillip Clark
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