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Payload

COSMOS 2006

DecayedPayloadLEO

COSMOS 2006 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on March 16, 1989 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
March 16, 1989 at 02:59 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Soyuz-U-PVB
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Zenit-8 78

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
411 km
Periapsis
329 km
Inclination
62.84°
Orbital period
91.94 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
6,243.81 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1989-022A
NORAD catalog №
19893
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
21.39 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
March 31, 1989

End of mission

Last active / ended
March 31, 1989
Time in service
15 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed