Engineering:Kosmos 2445
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Short description: Russian Spacecraft
Mission type | Imaging technology |
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Operator | Roscosmos State Corporation |
Mission duration | 102 Days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Yantar-4K2M |
Manufacturer | Progress Rocket Space Centre |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | November 14, 2008 |
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Plesetsk Cosmodrome |
Contractor | Roscosmos State Corporation |
End of mission | |
Last contact | February 23, 2009 |
Decay date | February 23, 2009 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 183 KM |
Apogee altitude | 340 KM |
Inclination | 67.18° |
Cosmos-2445 was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on a Soyuz-U rocket on November 14, 2008.[1] It is an optical reconnaissance Spacecraft of the Yantar-4K2M class. It re-entered on February 23, 2009, after 102 days in space[2] It broke into two fragments that burned up later on in the re-entry sequence.
See also
- Soyuz-U
- Roscosmos State Corporation
References
- ↑ astropl "Soyuz-U launch with Kosmos-2445 satellite""NASA Spaceflight Forum", 11-14-08
- ↑ "Cosmos-2445 completed its mission""Russian strategic nuclear forces", 02-23-09
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos 2445.
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