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Cosmos 2040
Cosmos 2040 was launched on September 14, 1989 aboard a Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1989-074CNORAD 20234Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2040
- Common name
- Cosmos 2040
- Payload designation
- Strela-3
- Other names
- Strela-3 [No. 37]:JP
- International designator
- 1989-074C
- NORAD catalog number
- 20234
- GCAT identifier
- S20234
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/211
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Strela-3
- Owner
- UNKS
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- NPO Applied Mechanics
- Platform (bus)
- Strela-3
Launch
- Date
- September 14, 1989 · 09:49 UTC
- Launch record
- 1989-074Success
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-3
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC32/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 1,409 km
- Apogee
- 1,417 km
- Inclination
- 82.59°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1990
- End of operations
- 1993
Size
- Mass
- 225 kg
- Dry mass
- 225 kg
- Length
- 1.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.80 m
- Span
- 7.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753582 (CC0).