Orbica
Upcoming
Timeline
Agencies
Rockets
Satellites
Track
Intel
Search
⌘K
← Satellites
Payload
ASTRON
Nonoperational
Payload
HEO
A catalogued spacecraft payload.
Loading…
Launch
Launch date
March 23, 1983 at 12:45 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K/D-1 →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Astron
Launch record
View full launch →
Orbit
Orbit regime
HEO
Apoapsis
177,405 km
Periapsis
26,916 km
Inclination
77.89°
Orbital period
5931.13 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1983-020A
NORAD catalog №
13901
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
7.9432 m²
Status
Nonoperational
End of mission
Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational