Tsiklon-2 launched Kosmos 2258, a US-PY naval ocean-surveillance (EORSAT) satellite for Soviet/Russian naval signals-intelligence, from Baikonur; the third of three satellites spaced 120 degrees apart in the same orbital plane.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.4 T
- Flight
- 95th
- of 105 Tsiklon-2 flights
- Date and time
- 7 July 1993, 07:15 UTC
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-2
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 90/20, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1993-044
- Launches in 1993
- 45th of 83
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