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COSMOS 279

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
April 15, 1969 at 05:30 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Titan IIIB →
Operator
United States Air Force
Mission
KH-8 21
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
259 km
Periapsis
190 km
Inclination
51.74°
Orbital period
88.99 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1969-038A
NORAD catalog №
3893
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
April 23, 1969

End of mission

Last active / ended
April 23, 1969
Time in service
8 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed