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Kosmos 2063
Russian military early warning satellite. Kosmos 2063 was launched on March 27, 1990 aboard a Molniya 8K78M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1990-026ANORAD 20536Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2063
- Common name
- Kosmos 2063
- Payload designation
- Oko 73D6 No. 6054
- Other names
- 73D6 No. 190-19-503:RA
- International designator
- 1990-026A
- NORAD catalog number
- 20536
- GCAT identifier
- S20536
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/225
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Oko E
- Owner
- PVO
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- NPO Lavochkin
- Platform (bus)
- Oko
Launch
- Date
- March 27, 1990 · 16:40 UTC
- Launch record
- 1990-026Success
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- HEO/M
- Perigee
- 627 km
- Apogee
- 39,729 km
- Inclination
- 62.93°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 1991
- End of operations
- 1993
Size
- Mass
- 1,250 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,150 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 5.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3398139 (CC0).