Satellites

Payload

COSMOS 2024 (ETALON 2)

OperationalPayloadMEO

COSMOS 2024 (ETALON 2) is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on May 31, 1989 into MEO.

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Launch

Launch date
May 31, 1989 at 08:31 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Uragan 34 & 35

Orbit

Orbit regime
MEO
Apoapsis
19,174 km
Periapsis
19,069 km
Inclination
64.94°
Orbital period
675.41 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
1,402.38 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1989-039C
NORAD catalog №
20026
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
1.0251 m²
Status
Operational