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Kosmos 2455
Russian reconnaissance satellite. Kosmos 2455 was launched on November 20, 2009 aboard a Soyuz-U-PVB from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2009-063ANORAD 36095Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2455
- Common name
- Kosmos 2455
- Payload designation
- Lotos-S No. 801
- Other names
- 14F138 No. 526-18-801:RA
- International designator
- 2009-063A
- NORAD catalog number
- 36095
- GCAT identifier
- S36095
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/593
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Lotos-S
- Owner
- KVR
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau - Progress
- Platform (bus)
- Yantar'-Lotos
Launch
- Date
- November 20, 2009 · 10:44 UTC
- Launch record
- 2009-063Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U-PVB
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC16/2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 204 km
- Apogee
- 903 km
- Inclination
- 67.16°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- June 2014
- End of operations
- January 2015
Size
- Mass
- 6,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 6,000 kg
- Length
- 6.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.70 m
- Span
- 6.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1413919 (CC0).