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Okean

Okean was launched on October 11, 1994 aboard a Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 1994-066ANORAD 23317Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Okean
Payload designation
Okean-O1 No. 7L
Other names
NKhM No. 9L:P,NKhM No. 450-33-309:RA
International designator
1994-066A
NORAD catalog number
23317
GCAT identifier
S23317
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/281

Mission

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

Launch

Date
October 11, 1994 · 14:30 UTC
Launch record
1994-066Success
Rocket
Tsiklon-3
Spaceport
Plesetsk · pad LC32/2

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/I
Perigee
630 km
Apogee
666 km
Inclination
82.54°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
January 1996
End of operations
January 1996

Size

Mass
1,904 kg
Dry mass
1,904 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 Q110623506 (CC0).