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COSMOS 2053

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
December 27, 1989 at 11:10 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Proton K/DM-2 →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Luch #3
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
107 km
Periapsis
99 km
Inclination
73.48°
Orbital period
86.54 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1989-100A
NORAD catalog №
20389
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
8.6003 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 2, 1997

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 2, 1997
Time in service
7.7 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed