Satellites

Payload

EKRAN 1

NonoperationalPayloadGEO

EKRAN 1 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on October 26, 1976 into GEO.

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Launch

Launch date
October 26, 1976 at 02:50 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K/DM
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Ekran

Orbit

Orbit regime
GEO
Apoapsis
36,095 km
Periapsis
35,507 km
Inclination
3.58°
Orbital period
1436.83 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
1,952.43 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1976-107A
NORAD catalog №
9503
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
3.981 m²
Status
Nonoperational

End of mission

Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational