Payload
COSMOS 2503
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 40420
COSMOS 2503 is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on February 27, 2015 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- February 27, 2015 at 11:01 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1a →
- Operator
- Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 557 km
- Periapsis
- 537 km
- Inclination
- 97.83°
- Orbital period
- 95.58 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 13, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- Progress Rocket and Space Center
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 4,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,500 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Dimensions
- Ø2.7 × 6 m
- Detailed purpose
- Electronic Intelligence
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2015-009A
- NORAD catalog №
- 40420
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 5.529 m²
- Status
- Operational
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