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COSMOS 2479

NonoperationalPayloadGEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
March 30, 2012 at 05:49 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton K/DM-2 →
Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
GEO
Apoapsis
35,774 km
Periapsis
35,735 km
Inclination
8.84°
Orbital period
1434.47 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2012-012A
NORAD catalog №
38101
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
12.5893 m²
Status
Nonoperational

End of mission

Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational