Satellites

Payload

COSMOS 426

DecayedPayloadLEO

COSMOS 426 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on June 4, 1971 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
June 4, 1971 at 06:10 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
DS-U2-K

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
141 km
Periapsis
129 km
Inclination
73.88°
Orbital period
87.19 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
396.43 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1971-052A
NORAD catalog №
5281
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
3.8489 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
May 11, 2002

End of mission

Last active / ended
May 11, 2002
Time in service
30.9 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed