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Cosmos 1587
Cosmos 1587 was launched on August 6, 1984 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Aug 31, 1984).
COSPAR 1984-082ANORAD 15163Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1587
- Common name
- Cosmos 1587
- Payload designation
- Oblik No. 796
- Other names
- Zenit-8 No. 4L:P,17F116 No. 760-32-796:RA
- International designator
- 1984-082A
- NORAD catalog number
- 15163
- GCAT identifier
- S15163
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/114
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Oblik
- Owner
- GUKOS
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Oblik
Launch
- Date
- August 6, 1984 · 14:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1984-082Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC41/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 195 km
- Apogee
- 358 km
- Inclination
- 72.86°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- August 31, 1984
- Last known active
- Aug 31, 1984
- End of operations
- Aug 31, 1984
Size
- Mass
- 2,655 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,655 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,300 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 6.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12907440 (CC0).