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COSMOS 1780 [GLONASS]

NonoperationalNavigationMEO

COSMOS 1780 [GLONASS] is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) navigation satellite, launched on September 16, 1986 into MEO.

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Launch

Launch date
September 16, 1986 at 11:38 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Uragan 14 to 16

Orbit

Orbit regime
MEO
Apoapsis
19,138 km
Periapsis
19,120 km
Inclination
64.89°
Orbital period
675.71 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
1,288.4 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1986-071C
NORAD catalog №
16963
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
0.9504 m²
Status
Nonoperational

End of mission

Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational