Satellites

Payload

COSMOS 626

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COSMOS 626 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on December 27, 1973 into LEO.

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Launch

Launch date
December 27, 1973 at 08:19 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Tsiklon-2
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
US-A 6

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
976 km
Periapsis
913 km
Inclination
65.44°
Orbital period
103.93 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
1,250 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1973-108A
NORAD catalog №
7005
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
2.7348 m²
Status
active