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Cosmos 2048
Cosmos 2048 was launched on October 17, 1989 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Oct 26, 1989).
COSPAR 1989-083ANORAD 20292Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2048
- Common name
- Cosmos 2048
- Payload designation
- Oblik No. 396
- Other names
- Zenit-8 No. 86L:P,17F116 No. 770-59-396:RA
- International designator
- 1989-083A
- NORAD catalog number
- 20292
- GCAT identifier
- S20292
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/215
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Oblik
- Owner
- UNKS
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Oblik
Launch
- Date
- October 17, 1989 · 13:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1989-083Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 238 km
- Apogee
- 358 km
- Inclination
- 62.81°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- October 26, 1989
- Last known active
- Oct 26, 1989
- End of operations
- Oct 26, 1989
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 Q12753585 (CC0).