Kosmos 2388, launched on a Molniya-M/2BL from Plesetsk, orbited a US-K missile early-warning satellite for Russia's Oko program, designed to detect ICBM launches from its highly elliptical orbit using optical telescopes and infrared sensors.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 263rd
- of 272 Molniya-M 2BL flights
- Date and time
- 1 April 2002, 22:06 UTC
- Rocket
- Molniya-M 2BL
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 16/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2002-017
- Launches in 2002
- 17th of 65
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