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COSMOS 2121
Decayed
Payload
LEO
A catalogued spacecraft payload.
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Launch
Launch date
January 17, 1991 at 10:30 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Soyuz-U-PVB →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Zenit-8 97
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
266 km
Periapsis
226 km
Inclination
82.59°
Orbital period
89.43 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1991-004A
NORAD catalog №
21059
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
4.41 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 11, 1991
End of mission
Last active / ended
February 11, 1991
Time in service
25 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed