// optical imaging · 2012
BKA
BKA was launched on July 22, 2012 aboard a Soyuz-FG from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Oct 17, 2024).
COSPAR 2012-039BNORAD 38708Belarus
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- BKA
- Payload designation
- BelKA-2
- International designator
- 2012-039B
- NORAD catalog number
- 38708
- GCAT identifier
- S38708
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/664
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- BelKA
- Owner
- AN Belarus
- Country
- Belarus
- Builder
- Joint Stock Corp. VNIIEM
- Platform (bus)
- Kanopus
Launch
- Date
- July 22, 2012 · 06:41 UTC
- Launch record
- 2012-039Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-FG
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC31
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 505 km
- Apogee
- 509 km
- Inclination
- 97.49°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- October 17, 2024
- Last known active
- December 2022
- End of operations
- September 2024
Size
- Mass
- 400 kg
- Dry mass
- 400 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 0.60 m
- Span
- 6.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q519887 (CC0).