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Okean

Okean was launched on June 4, 1991 aboard a Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 1991-039ANORAD 21397Soviet Union

Identity

Name in GCAT
Okean
Payload designation
Okean-O1 No. 6L
Other names
NKhM No. 8L:P,NKhM No. 510-33-308:RA
International designator
1991-039A
NORAD catalog number
21397
GCAT identifier
S21397
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/245

Mission

Mission type
Optical imaging, Radar imaging
Use
Civil government
Program
Okean-O1
Owner
Rosgidromet
Country
Soviet Union
Builder
Southern State Design Bureau
Platform (bus)
Okean

Launch

Date
June 4, 1991 · 08:10 UTC
Launch record
1991-039Success
Rocket
Tsiklon-3
Spaceport
Plesetsk · pad LC32/2

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/I
Perigee
632 km
Apogee
665 km
Inclination
82.53°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
Jan 4, 1994
End of operations
Jan 4, 1994

Size

Mass
1,907 kg
Dry mass
1,907 kg
Length
5.0 m
Diameter
2.40 m
Span
21.5 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q110623497 (CC0).