Payload
COSMOS 2438
OperationalPayloadLEO
COSMOS 2438 is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on May 23, 2008 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 23, 2008 at 03:20 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Rokot/Briz-KM →
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Mission
- Strela-3 137 to 139
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,509 km
- Periapsis
- 1,476 km
- Inclination
- 82.5°
- Orbital period
- 115.81 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- OAOÊISS
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 225 kg
- Power
- 300 W
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2008-025C
- NORAD catalog №
- 32955
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 0.9307 m²
- Status
- Operational