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Cosmos 2138
Cosmos 2138 was launched on March 26, 1991 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (May 24, 1991).
COSPAR 1991-023ANORAD 21203Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2138
- Common name
- Cosmos 2138
- Payload designation
- Kobal't No. 536
- Other names
- Yantar'-4K2 No. 62L:P,11F695 No. 649-73-536:RA
- International designator
- 1991-023A
- NORAD catalog number
- 21203
- GCAT identifier
- S21203
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/242
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Kobal't
- Owner
- UNKS RF
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Yantar'-4K2
Launch
- Date
- March 26, 1991 · 13:45 UTC
- Launch record
- 1991-023Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC16/2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 187 km
- Apogee
- 351 km
- Inclination
- 67.15°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- May 24, 1991
- Last known active
- May 24, 1991
- End of operations
- May 24, 1991
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 Q12753626 (CC0).