Payload
COSMOS 2481
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 38733
COSMOS 2481 is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on July 28, 2012 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- July 28, 2012 at 01:35 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Rokot/Briz-KM →
- Operator
- Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
- Mission
- Gonets M-13, Gonets M-15, Strela-3M (Kosmos-2481) & Yubileyniy 2 (MiR)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,512 km
- Periapsis
- 1,481 km
- Inclination
- 82.47°
- Orbital period
- 115.9 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- OAOÊISS
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 225 kg
- Power
- 300 W
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Dimensions
- Ø0.8 × 1.6 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-041A
- NORAD catalog №
- 38733
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 0.901 m²
- Status
- Operational