Space AtlasCOSMOS 21
NORAD 687 · Payload · Reentered 1963-11-14
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- 1963-11-11 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Country / operator
- CIS (Russia / CIS)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Planetary science
- Mass
- 490 kg
- Size
- 2.7 × 1.1 m · 3 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 181 × 220 km
- Inclination
- 64.8°
- Period
- 88.4 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0030
- 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.