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COSMOS 421

NORAD 5232 · Payload · Reentered 1971-11-08

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Launched
1971-05-19 · Plesetsk, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Calibration
Mass
200 kg
Size
1.2 × 1.2 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
156 × 166 km
Inclination
70.9°
Period
87.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0008
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.