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Gonets M04

Gonets M04 was launched on July 28, 2012 aboard a Rokot from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2012-041DNORAD 38736Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Gonets-M No. 15L
Common name
Gonets M04
Other names
372AS11 No. 15:P
International designator
2012-041D
NORAD catalog number
38736
GCAT identifier
S38736
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/661

Mission

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

Launch

Date
July 28, 2012 · 01:35 UTC
Launch record
2012-041Success
Rocket
Rokot
Spaceport
Plesetsk · pad LC133/3

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/I
Perigee
1,481 km
Apogee
1,509 km
Inclination
82.48°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
Jan 1, 2017
End of operations
2020

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 Q14083952 (CC0).