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COSMOS 7 (SPUTNIK 17)

NORAD 346 · Payload · Reentered 1962-08-01

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Launched
1962-07-28 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
2,100 kg
Size
6.5 × 2.4 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
201 × 352 km
Inclination
65.0°
Period
89.9 min
Eccentricity
0.0114
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.