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Gonets M 12 (M22)

Satellite. Gonets M 12 (M22) was launched on March 31, 2015 aboard a Rokot from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2015-020BNORAD 40553Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Gonets-M No. 22L
Common name
Gonets M 12 (M22)
Payload designation
Gonets-M No. 22L (G004)
International designator
2015-020B
NORAD catalog number
40553
GCAT identifier
S40553
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/746

Mission

Mission type
Communications
Use
Commercial
Program
Gonets-M
Owner
Gonets
Country
Russia
Builder
OAO M. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems
Platform (bus)
Strela-3M

Launch

Date
March 31, 2015 · 13:47 UTC
Launch record
2015-020Success
Rocket
Rokot
Spaceport
Plesetsk · pad LC133/3

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/I
Perigee
1,496 km
Apogee
1,507 km
Inclination
82.49°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
January 2017

Size

Mass
225 kg
Dry mass
225 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 Q20803949 (CC0).