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Cosmos 1844
Cosmos 1844 was launched on May 13, 1987 aboard a Zenit-2 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1987-041ANORAD 17973Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1844
- Common name
- Cosmos 1844
- Payload designation
- Tselina-2 No. 4L
- Other names
- 11F644 No. 450-41-504:RA
- International designator
- 1987-041A
- NORAD catalog number
- 17973
- GCAT identifier
- S17973
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/168
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Tselina-2
- Owner
- GRU
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Tselina-2
Launch
- Date
- May 13, 1987 · 05:40 UTC
- Launch record
- 1987-041Success
- Rocket
- Zenit-2
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC45/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 848 km
- Apogee
- 853 km
- Inclination
- 71.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1990
- End of operations
- 1992
Size
- Mass
- 3,250 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,250 kg
- Length
- 4.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.40 m
- Span
- 22.7 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q13566712 (CC0).