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COSMOS 2491 (RS46)

NORAD 39497 · Payload · In orbit since 2013

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Launched
2013-12-25 · Plesetsk, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Technology demonstration
Mass
100 kg
Size
1 × 0.4 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
1,481 × 1,503 km
Inclination
82.5°
Period
115.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0014
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.