Payload
COSMOS 2509 (RODNIK-S *)
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 40922
COSMOS 2509 (RODNIK-S *) is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on September 23, 2015 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- September 23, 2015 at 09:59 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Rokot/Briz-KM →
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,507 km
- Periapsis
- 1,482 km
- Inclination
- 82.49°
- Orbital period
- 115.86 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- OAS ISS
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 225 kg
- Power
- 300 W
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Dimensions
- Ø0.8 × 1.6 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2015-050C
- NORAD catalog №
- 40922
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 1.5012 m²
- Status
- Operational