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COSMOS 5 (SPUTNIK 15)

NORAD 297 · Payload · Reentered 1963-05-02

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Launched
1962-05-28 · Kapustin Yar, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Technology demonstration
Mass
252 kg
Size
1.8 × 1.2 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
144 × 271 km
Inclination
49.0°
Period
88.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0097
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.