The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors.

[2] Kosmos 2222 was launched from Site 43/3 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia.

[5] A Molniya-M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 12:18 UTC on 25 November 1992.

[3] The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 22238.

[3] The satellite became inactive in 1995, and reentered the Earth's atmosphere on 3 May 2023 at 03:58 UTC.