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COSMOS 1969

DecayedPayloadLEO

COSMOS 1969 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on September 15, 1988 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
September 15, 1988 at 03:00 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Yantar-4K2 41

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
334 km
Periapsis
168 km
Inclination
67.12°
Orbital period
89.52 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
6,640.24 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1988-084A
NORAD catalog №
19495
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
17.0985 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
November 13, 1988

End of mission

Last active / ended
November 13, 1988
Time in service
59 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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