Payload
COSMOS 2506
OperationalPayloadLEO
COSMOS 2506 is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on June 23, 2015 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 23, 2015 at 04:44 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1b →
- Operator
- Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
- Mission
- Persona
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 717 km
- Periapsis
- 706 km
- Inclination
- 98.05°
- Orbital period
- 99.01 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- TsSKB Progress
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 7,000 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2015-029A
- NORAD catalog №
- 40699
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 14.195 m²
- Status
- Operational