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Cosmos 1902
Cosmos 1902 was launched on December 15, 1987 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Dec 30, 1988).
COSPAR 1987-103ANORAD 18668Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1902
- Common name
- Cosmos 1902
- Payload designation
- Taifun-1A
- International designator
- 1987-103A
- NORAD catalog number
- 18668
- GCAT identifier
- S18668
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/176
Mission
- Mission type
- Calibration
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Vektor2
- Owner
- PVO
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Vektor
Launch
- Date
- December 15, 1987 · 13:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1987-103Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC133/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 363 km
- Apogee
- 410 km
- Inclination
- 65.83°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- December 30, 1988
- Last known active
- 1988
- End of operations
- 1988
Size
- Mass
- 570 kg
- Dry mass
- 570 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 2.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12907522 (CC0).