Kosmos-1517

Material testing mission in the Buran programme. Kosmos-1517 was launched on December 27, 1983 aboard a K65M-RB from Kapustin Yar. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Dec 27, 1983).

COSPAR 1983-125ANORAD 14585Soviet Union

Identity

Name in GCAT: Kosmos-1517
Payload designation: BOR-4 No. 405
International designator: 1983-125A
NORAD catalog number: 14585
GCAT identifier: S14585
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/099

Mission

Mission type: Human spaceflight
Use: Defense
Program: BOR-4
Owner: Molniya/Tushino
Country: Soviet Union
Builder: NPO Molniya, Tushino Mash. Zavod.
Platform (bus): BOR-4

Launch

Date: December 27, 1983 · 10:00 UTC
Launch record: 1983-125Success
Rocket: K65M-RB
Spaceport: Kapustin Yar · pad LC107

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 179 km
Apogee: 220 km
Inclination: 50.66°
Status: Landed
Status date: December 27, 1983
Last known active: Dec 27, 1983
End of operations: Dec 27, 1983

Size

Mass: 1,074 kg
Dry mass: 1,074 kg
Length: 3.4 m
Diameter: 2.60 m
Span: 3.4 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753314 (CC0).