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Cosmos 425
Cosmos 425 was launched on May 29, 1971 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jan 15, 1980).
COSPAR 1971-050ANORAD 5253Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-425
- Common name
- Cosmos 425
- Payload designation
- Tselina-OM No. 5L
- Other names
- 11F616M No. V225-005:RA
- International designator
- 1971-050A
- NORAD catalog number
- 5253
- GCAT identifier
- S05253
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.234
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Tselina-OM
- Owner
- GRU
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Tselina-OM
Launch
- Date
- May 29, 1971 · 03:49 UTC
- Launch record
- 1971-050Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 507 km
- Apogee
- 548 km
- Inclination
- 74.03°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- January 15, 1980
- Last known active
- 1972
- End of operations
- 1972
Size
- Mass
- 434 kg
- Dry mass
- 434 kg
- Length
- 5.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 5.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753842 (CC0).