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COSMOS 2048

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
October 17, 1989 at 01:00 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Soyuz U →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Zenit-8 88
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
259 km
Periapsis
202 km
Inclination
62.81°
Orbital period
89.12 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1989-083A
NORAD catalog №
20292
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 26, 1989

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 26, 1989
Time in service
9 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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