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Cosmos 2331
Cosmos 2331 was launched on March 14, 1996 aboard a Soyuz-U-PVB from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Jun 11, 1996).
COSPAR 1996-016ANORAD 23818Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2331
- Common name
- Cosmos 2331
- Payload designation
- Kobal't No. 549
- Other names
- Yantar'-4K2 No. 75L:P,11F695 No. 478-81-549:RA
- International designator
- 1996-016A
- NORAD catalog number
- 23818
- GCAT identifier
- S23818
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/313
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Kobal't
- Owner
- VKS
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Yantar'-4K2
Launch
- Date
- March 14, 1996 · 17:40 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-016Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U-PVB
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 179 km
- Apogee
- 331 km
- Inclination
- 67.13°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- June 11, 1996
- Last known active
- Jun 11, 1996
- End of operations
- Jun 11, 1996
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 Q12753723 (CC0).