Payload
COSMOS 2496 (RODNIK-S *)
OperationalPayloadLEO
COSMOS 2496 (RODNIK-S *) is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on May 23, 2014 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 23, 2014 at 05:27 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Rokot/Briz-KM →
- Operator
- Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
- Mission
- Rodnik
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,511 km
- Periapsis
- 1,478 km
- Inclination
- 82.44°
- Orbital period
- 115.86 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- OAS ISS
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 225 kg
- Power
- 300 W
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2014-028A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39761
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 1.692 m²
- Status
- Operational