Kosmos 2175 (russian: link=no, Космос-2175 meaning ''Cosmos 2175'') was a Russian

Yantar-4K2 Yantar ( rus, Янтарь meaning amber) is a series of Russian (previously Soviet) reconnaissance satellites, which supplemented and eventually replaced the Zenit spacecraft. Kosmos 2175, a Yantar-4K2 or ''Kobalt'' spacecraft, was the first sat ...

photo reconnaissance satellite. It was the first satellite to be launched by the

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, following the

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. It was launched by a

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, flying from the

Plesetsk Cosmodrome Plesetsk Cosmodrome ( rus, Космодром «Плесецк», r=Kosmodrom "Plesetsk", p=kəsmɐˈdrom plʲɪˈsʲet͡sk) is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 ...

, on 21 January 1992.Encyclopedia Astronautica – Chronology – Quarter 1 1992
It was the 63rd Yantar-4K2 satellite. Yantar-4K2 spacecraft are also designated Kobal't. Kosmos 2175 was deorbited, and recovered after

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, on 20 March 1992, following a successful mission. Prior to this, two capsules had been returned with imagery aboard.

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