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COSMOS 2102

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
October 16, 1990 at 07:00 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Soyuz U →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Yantar-4K2 55
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
291 km
Periapsis
158 km
Inclination
62.83°
Orbital period
88.99 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1990-092A
NORAD catalog №
20909
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
7.72 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
December 12, 1990

End of mission

Last active / ended
December 12, 1990
Time in service
57 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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