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Cosmos 2053
Cosmos 2053 was launched on December 27, 1989 aboard a Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 2, 1997).
COSPAR 1989-100ANORAD 20389Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2053
- Common name
- Cosmos 2053
- Payload designation
- Kol'tso No. 2L
- Other names
- 17F115 No. 670-27-902:RA
- International designator
- 1989-100A
- NORAD catalog number
- 20389
- GCAT identifier
- S20389
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/217
Mission
- Mission type
- Calibration
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Koltso
- Owner
- PVO
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Kol'tso
Launch
- Date
- December 27, 1989 · 00:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1989-100Success
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-3
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC32/2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 518 km
- Apogee
- 531 km
- Inclination
- 73.54°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- September 2, 1997
- Last known active
- November 1991
- End of operations
- November 1991
Size
- Mass
- 1,450 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,450 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,630 kg
- Length
- 3.3 m
- Diameter
- 1.60 m
- Span
- 33.9 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q13566756 (CC0).