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Kosmos 2479
Russian early warning satellite. Kosmos 2479 was launched on March 30, 2012 aboard a Proton-K/DM-2 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2012-012ANORAD 38101Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2479
- Common name
- Kosmos 2479
- Payload designation
- Oko-1 No. 7128
- Other names
- US-KMO:P
- International designator
- 2012-012A
- NORAD catalog number
- 38101
- GCAT identifier
- S38101
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/661
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Oko-1
- Owner
- PVO
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- NPO Lavochkin
- Platform (bus)
- Prognoz
Launch
- Date
- March 30, 2012 · 05:49 UTC
- Launch record
- 2012-012Success
- Rocket
- Proton-K/DM-2
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC81/24
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,898 km
- Apogee
- 35,908 km
- Inclination
- 2.27°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- April 2014
- End of operations
- April 2014
Size
- Mass
- 2,580 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,200 kg
- Length
- 5.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 10.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2349088 (CC0).