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COSMOS 459

NORAD 5625 · Payload · Reentered 1971-12-27

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Launched
1971-11-29 · Plesetsk, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Target
Mass
643 kg
Size
1.4 × 1.4 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
134 × 163 km
Inclination
65.8°
Period
87.3 min
Eccentricity
0.0022
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.