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COSMOS 2156

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
September 19, 1991 at 04:20 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Soyuz U →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Yantar-4K2 60
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
277 km
Periapsis
169 km
Inclination
67.1°
Orbital period
88.96 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1991-066A
NORAD catalog №
21713
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
35.46 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
November 17, 1991

End of mission

Last active / ended
November 17, 1991
Time in service
59 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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