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Cosmos 1553
Cosmos 1553 was launched on May 17, 1984 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1984-046ANORAD 14973Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1553
- Common name
- Cosmos 1553
- Payload designation
- Tsikada
- International designator
- 1984-046A
- NORAD catalog number
- 14973
- GCAT identifier
- S14973
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/108
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Tsikada
- Owner
- VMF
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Omsk Aviation Plant
- Platform (bus)
- KAUR-1 11F643
Launch
- Date
- May 17, 1984 · 14:43 UTC
- Launch record
- 1984-046Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 962 km
- Apogee
- 1,008 km
- Inclination
- 82.94°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1985
- End of operations
- 1987
Size
- Mass
- 800 kg
- Dry mass
- 800 kg
- Length
- 5.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.10 m
- Span
- 17.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12907431 (CC0).