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Cosmos 2509
Cosmos 2509 was launched on September 23, 2015 aboard a Rokot from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2015-050CNORAD 40922Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2509
- Common name
- Cosmos 2509
- Payload designation
- Rodnik-S No. 25L
- International designator
- 2015-050C
- NORAD catalog number
- 40922
- GCAT identifier
- S40922
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/763
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Rodnik
- Owner
- VVKO VKS
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- OAO M. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems
- Platform (bus)
- Strela-3M
Launch
- Date
- September 23, 2015 · 21:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-050Success
- Rocket
- Rokot
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC133/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 1,498 km
- Apogee
- 1,508 km
- Inclination
- 82.49°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- December 2018
Size
- Mass
- 280 kg
- Dry mass
- 280 kg
- Length
- 1.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.80 m
- Span
- 7.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q21071027 (CC0).