Cosmos 2440

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Mission details:

• Normally part of a larger constellation; a newer satellite that is able to detect missiles against Earth background.
• Kosmos-2440 is a new geostationary early warning satellite for the Russian Defense Ministry, operated by the PVO (Air Defense Force). It is a US-KMO (Prognoz) class satellite, built by the Lavochkin company, and features a large infrared telescope.
• The upper stage used to launch Kosmos-2440 was an old 11S861 Blok DM-2, redesigned DM-3.