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Kosmos 2480
Russian spy satellite. Kosmos 2480 was launched on May 17, 2012 aboard a Soyuz-U-PVB from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Sep 24, 2012).
COSPAR 2012-024ANORAD 38335Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2480
- Common name
- Kosmos 2480
- Payload designation
- Kobal't-M No. 563
- Other names
- Yantar'-4K2M No. 89L:P,11F695M No. 478-22-563:RA
- International designator
- 2012-024A
- NORAD catalog number
- 38335
- GCAT identifier
- S38335
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/661
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Kobal't-M
- Owner
- VVKO
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- Arsenal Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Yantar'-4K2M
Launch
- Date
- May 17, 2012 · 14:05 UTC
- Launch record
- 2012-024Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U-PVB
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC16/2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 186 km
- Apogee
- 255 km
- Inclination
- 81.37°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- September 24, 2012
- Last known active
- Sep 24, 2012
- End of operations
- Sep 24, 2012
Size
- Mass
- 3,186 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,186 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,635 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 Q2349061 (CC0).