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COSMOS 2172

activePayloadGEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
November 22, 1991 at 01:27 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton K/DM-2 →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Potok 7
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
GEO
Apoapsis
35,808 km
Periapsis
35,778 km
Inclination
13.25°
Orbital period
1436.4 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1991-079A
NORAD catalog №
21789
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
5.0118 m²
Status
active