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Monitor-E

Reconnaissance satellite. Monitor-E was launched on August 26, 2005 aboard a Rokot from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 21, 2020).

COSPAR 2005-032ANORAD 28822Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Monitor-E No. 1
Common name
Monitor-E
Payload designation
98M No. 26701
International designator
2005-032A
NORAD catalog number
28822
GCAT identifier
S28822
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/483

Mission

Mission type
Optical imaging
Use
Commercial
Program
Monitor
Country
Russia
Builder
Khrunichev State Research and Production Center
Platform (bus)
Yachta

Launch

Date
August 26, 2005 · 18:34 UTC
Launch record
2005-032Success
Rocket
Rokot
Spaceport
Plesetsk · pad LC133/3

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/S
Perigee
524 km
Apogee
544 km
Inclination
97.56°
Status
Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date
September 21, 2020
Last known active
Jan 31, 2010
End of operations
August 2008

Size

Mass
750 kg
Dry mass
750 kg
Length
2.0 m
Diameter
2.00 m
Span
4.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1365988 (CC0).