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Kosmos 2468
Russian military communications satellite. Kosmos 2468 was launched on September 8, 2010 aboard a Rokot from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2010-043CNORAD 37154Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2468
- Common name
- Kosmos 2468
- Payload designation
- Rodnik-S No. 13L
- International designator
- 2010-043C
- NORAD catalog number
- 37154
- GCAT identifier
- S37154
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/626
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Rodnik
- Owner
- KVR
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- OAO M. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems
- Platform (bus)
- Strela-3M
Launch
- Date
- September 8, 2010 · 03:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 2010-043Success
- Rocket
- Rokot
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC133/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 1,497 km
- Apogee
- 1,507 km
- Inclination
- 82.46°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- December 2015
- End of operations
- 2016
Size
- Mass
- 280 kg
- Dry mass
- 280 kg
- Length
- 1.6 m
- Diameter
- 0.80 m
- Span
- 7.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12156496 (CC0).