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Cosmos 2496
Cosmos 2496 was launched on May 23, 2014 aboard a Rokot from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2014-028ANORAD 39761Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2496
- Common name
- Cosmos 2496
- Payload designation
- Rodnik-S No. 20L
- International designator
- 2014-028A
- NORAD catalog number
- 39761
- GCAT identifier
- S39761
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/728
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Rodnik
- Owner
- VVKO
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- OAO M. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems
- Platform (bus)
- Strela-3M
Launch
- Date
- May 23, 2014 · 05:27 UTC
- Launch record
- 2014-028Success
- Rocket
- Rokot
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC133/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 1,479 km
- Apogee
- 1,510 km
- Inclination
- 82.45°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- June 2019
Size
- Mass
- 280 kg
- Dry mass
- 280 kg
- Length
- 1.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.80 m
- Span
- 7.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18609258 (CC0).