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Cosmos 1963
Cosmos 1963 was launched on August 16, 1988 aboard a Soyuz-U from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Oct 2, 1988).
COSPAR 1988-070ANORAD 19384Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1963
- Common name
- Cosmos 1963
- Payload designation
- Kobal't No. 520
- Other names
- Yantar'-4K2 No. 46L:P,11F695 No. 478-59-520:RA
- International designator
- 1988-070A
- NORAD catalog number
- 19384
- GCAT identifier
- S19384
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/193
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Kobal't
- Owner
- UNKS
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Yantar'-4K2
Launch
- Date
- August 16, 1988 · 13:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1988-070Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 167 km
- Apogee
- 317 km
- Inclination
- 64.77°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- October 2, 1988
- Last known active
- Oct 2, 1988
- End of operations
- Oct 2, 1988
Size
- Mass
- 2,886 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,886 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,600 kg
- Length
- 6.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.70 m
- Span
- 6.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12907536 (CC0).