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COSMOS 53

NORAD 983 · Payload · Reentered 1966-08-12

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Launched
1965-01-30 · Kapustin Yar, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Early warning
Mass
220 kg
Size
1.8 × 1.2 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
151 × 214 km
Inclination
48.6°
Period
88.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0048
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.