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Cosmos 2173
Cosmos 2173 was launched on November 27, 1991 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1991-081ANORAD 21796Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2173
- Common name
- Cosmos 2173
- Payload designation
- Parus No. 606
- Other names
- Tsiklon-B [No. 74]:JP,11F627 No. 650-65-606:RA
- International designator
- 1991-081A
- NORAD catalog number
- 21796
- GCAT identifier
- S21796
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/253
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Parus
- Owner
- VMF
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- PO Polyot
- Platform (bus)
- KAUR-1 11F627
Launch
- Date
- November 27, 1991 · 03:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1991-081Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC133/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 946 km
- Apogee
- 1,019 km
- Inclination
- 82.95°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1993
- End of operations
- 1993
Size
- Mass
- 800 kg
- Dry mass
- 800 kg
- Length
- 5.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.10 m
- Span
- 17.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q13566783 (CC0).