Zenit 2 Launches Russian Military Satellite

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Zenit 2 Launches Russian Military Satellite

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Zenit Data Sheet

A Zenit 2 rocket launched a classified Russian military satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Site 45, at 10:10 UTC (3:10 a.m. PDT) on September 25. The two-stage Zenit-2 rocket's payload shroud jettisoned 4 minutes and 58 seconds after the launch. The Russian Ministry of Defense identified the spacecraft as Kosmos-2372. No other mission details were disclosed. Suggestions into the payload manifest revealed the satellite may be an imaging reconnaissance bird. It was reported that the Russian Strategic Missile Troops (RVSN) dedicated the launch to Russia's second cosmonaut, Gherman Titov, who passed away September 20th.

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September 25, 2000