Payload
BKA 2
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BKA 2 is a National Academy of Sciences payload satellite, launched on July 22, 2012 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 22, 2012 at 06:41 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Soyuz-FG Fregat →
- Operator
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 147 km
- Periapsis
- 142 km
- Inclination
- 97.2°
- Orbital period
- 87.37 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Academy of Sciences
- Manufacturer
- NPO VNIIEM
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 400 kg
- Dry mass
- 110 kg
- Power
- 300 W
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-039B
- NORAD catalog №
- 38708
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Belarus- Radar cross-section
- 1.8553 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- October 17, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- October 17, 2024
- Time in service
- 12.2 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed