Payload
COSMOS 2486
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 39177
COSMOS 2486 is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on June 7, 2013 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- June 7, 2013 at 06:37 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1b →
- Operator
- Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 714 km
- Periapsis
- 697 km
- Inclination
- 98.01°
- Orbital period
- 98.89 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- TsSKB Progress
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 7,000 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Dimensions
- Ø2.7 × 6.3 m
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-028A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39177
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Radar cross-section
- 16.049 m²
- Status
- Operational