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Gonets M08

Gonets M08 was launched on July 3, 2014 aboard a Rokot from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2014-036ANORAD 40061Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Gonets-M No. 18L
Common name
Gonets M08
Payload designation
Gonets-M No. 18L (P001)
International designator
2014-036A
NORAD catalog number
40061
GCAT identifier
S40061
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/729

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
July 3, 2014 · 12:43 UTC
Launch record
2014-036Success
Rocket
Rokot
Spaceport
Plesetsk · pad LC133/3

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/I
Perigee
1,479 km
Apogee
1,510 km
Inclination
82.52°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
January 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 Q17331408 (CC0).