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Cosmos 2503
Cosmos 2503 was launched on February 27, 2015 aboard a Soyuz-2-1A from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2015-009ANORAD 40420Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2503
- Common name
- Cosmos 2503
- Payload designation
- Bars-M No. 1L
- International designator
- 2015-009A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40420
- GCAT identifier
- S40420
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/746
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Bars
- Owner
- VVKO VKS
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- Arsenal Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Bars
Launch
- Date
- February 27, 2015 · 11:01 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-009Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-2-1A
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 327 km
- Apogee
- 540 km
- Inclination
- 97.63°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- January 2021
- End of operations
- January 2022
Size
- Mass
- 3,700 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,500 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.70 m
- Span
- 10.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q24175208 (CC0).