Satellites

Payload

COSMOS 2480

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COSMOS 2480 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on May 17, 2012 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
May 17, 2012 at 02:05 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Russian Aerospace Defence Forces

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
269 km
Periapsis
197 km
Inclination
81.34°
Orbital period
89.16 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
6,900 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2012-024A
NORAD catalog №
38335
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
12.9959 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 24, 2012

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 24, 2012
Time in service
130 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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