Payload
COSMOS 2490 (RODNIK-S 9)
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 39485
COSMOS 2490 (RODNIK-S 9) is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on December 25, 2013 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- December 25, 2013 at 12:31 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Rokot/Briz-KM →
- Operator
- Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,512 km
- Periapsis
- 1,477 km
- Inclination
- 82.48°
- Orbital period
- 115.86 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- OAO ISS
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 225 kg
- Power
- 300 W
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Dimensions
- Ø0.8 × 1.6 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-076C
- NORAD catalog №
- 39485
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 1.669 m²
- Status
- Operational