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Kosmos 2521
Kosmos 2521 was launched on June 23, 2017 aboard a Soyuz-2-1V from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 12, 2019).
COSPAR 2017-037DNORAD 42919Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2521
- Common name
- Kosmos 2521
- Payload designation
- Nivelir No. 4?
- Other names
- Sputnik-Inspektor
- International designator
- 2017-037D
- NORAD catalog number
- 42919
- GCAT identifier
- S42919
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/824
Mission
- Mission type
- Technology
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Nivelir
- Owner
- TsNIIKhM
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- Central Sci. Res. Inst. for Chemistry and Mechanics
- Platform (bus)
- Nivelir
Launch
- Date
- June 23, 2017 · 18:04 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-037Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-2-1V
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 650 km
- Apogee
- 676 km
- Inclination
- 97.92°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- September 12, 2019
- Last known active
- January 2019
- End of operations
- September 2019
Size
- Mass
- 100 kg
- Dry mass
- 100 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 0.40 m
- Span
- 1.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q55286001 (CC0).