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Kosmos 553
Soviet radar calibration satellite. Kosmos 553 was launched on April 12, 1973 aboard a Kosmos 11K63 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Nov 11, 1973).
COSPAR 1973-020ANORAD 6427Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-553
- Common name
- Kosmos 553
- Payload designation
- DS-P1-Yu No. 55L
- International designator
- 1973-020A
- NORAD catalog number
- 6427
- GCAT identifier
- S06427
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.272
Mission
- Mission type
- Calibration
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- DS-P1-Yu A
- Owner
- PVO
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- DS-P1
Launch
- Date
- April 12, 1973 · 11:49 UTC
- Launch record
- 1973-020Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC133/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 264 km
- Apogee
- 470 km
- Inclination
- 70.96°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- November 11, 1973
- Last known active
- Nov 11, 1973
- End of operations
- Nov 11, 1973
Size
- Mass
- 200 kg
- Dry mass
- 200 kg
- Length
- 1.2 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 1.2 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q53597 (CC0).