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COSMOS 2052

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
November 30, 1989 at 03:00 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Soyuz U →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Yantar-4K2 49
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
269 km
Periapsis
154 km
Inclination
67.13°
Orbital period
88.73 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1989-095A
NORAD catalog №
20350
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
30.87 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
January 24, 1990

End of mission

Last active / ended
January 24, 1990
Time in service
55 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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