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Payload

SOYUZ 24

DecayedPayloadLEO

SOYUZ 24 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on February 7, 1977 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
February 7, 1977 at 04:11 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Soyuz 24

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
261 km
Periapsis
247 km
Inclination
51.6°
Orbital period
89.58 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
6,511.4 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1977-008A
NORAD catalog №
9804
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 25, 1977

End of mission

Last active / ended
February 25, 1977
Time in service
18 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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