Payload
COSMOS 2468 (RODNIK-S 3)
OperationalPayloadLEO
COSMOS 2468 (RODNIK-S 3) is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on September 8, 2010 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 8, 2010 at 03:30 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Rokot/Briz-KM →
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Mission
- Gonets-M12 & 2 x Strela-3 (Kosmos 2467, Kosmos 2468)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,502 km
- Periapsis
- 1,480 km
- Inclination
- 82.46°
- Orbital period
- 115.78 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- OAO ISS
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 225 kg
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2010-043C
- NORAD catalog №
- 37154
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 1.453 m²
- Status
- Operational