Payload
COSMOS 2455
OperationalPayloadLEO
COSMOS 2455 is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on November 20, 2009 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 20, 2009 at 10:44 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Soyuz-U-PVB →
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Mission
- Lotos-S 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 907 km
- Periapsis
- 902 km
- Inclination
- 67.15°
- Orbital period
- 103.07 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- TsSKB-Progress Samara Space Center and KB Arsenal
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 7,000 kg
- Detailed purpose
- Electronic Intelligence
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2009-063A
- NORAD catalog №
- 36095
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 12.1791 m²
- Status
- Operational