Payload
COSMOS 2517 (GEO-IK 2)
OperationalPayloadLEO
COSMOS 2517 (GEO-IK 2) is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on June 4, 2016 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 4, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Rokot/Briz-KM →
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Mission
- Geo-IK-2 No.12L (Kosmos 2517)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 944 km
- Periapsis
- 942 km
- Inclination
- 99.19°
- Orbital period
- 103.9 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- ISS Reshetnev
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 900 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-034A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41579
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 3.088 m²
- Status
- Operational