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Kosmos-2523

Kosmos-2523 was launched on June 23, 2017 aboard a Soyuz-2-1V from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2017-037ENORAD 42986Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Kosmos-2523
Payload designation
Naprazheniye No. 1?
International designator
2017-037E
NORAD catalog number
42986
GCAT identifier
S42986
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/826

Mission

Mission type
Technology
Use
Defense
Program
Nivelir
Country
Russia
Builder
Central Sci. Res. Inst. for Chemistry and Mechanics
Platform (bus)
Naprazheniye?

Launch

Date
June 23, 2017 · 18:04 UTC
Launch record
2017-037Success
Spaceport
Plesetsk · pad LC43/4

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/S
Perigee
554 km
Apogee
663 km
Inclination
97.88°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
Oct 30, 2017
End of operations
November 2017

Size

Mass
47 kg
Dry mass
47 kg
Length
0.4 m
Diameter
0.20 m
Span
0.4 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q55285998 (CC0).