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Kosmos-2563
Russian early warning satellite. Kosmos-2563 was launched on November 2, 2022 aboard a Soyuz-2-1B from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2022-145ANORAD 54223Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2563
- Payload designation
- Kupol No. 16L?
- International designator
- 2022-145A
- NORAD catalog number
- 54223
- GCAT identifier
- S54223
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1087
Mission
- Mission type
- Missile early warning
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- EKS
- Owner
- VVKO VKS
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- RKK Energiya
- Platform (bus)
- 14F142 EKS
Launch
- Date
- November 2, 2022 · 06:47 UTC
- Launch record
- 2022-145Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-2-1B
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- HEO/M
- Perigee
- 1,540 km
- Apogee
- 38,812 km
- Inclination
- 63.81°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- August 2025
- End of operations
- August 2025
Size
- Mass
- 2,550 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,000 kg
- Length
- 4.0 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 Q140370628 (CC0).