Payload
COSMOS 2520
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 42907
COSMOS 2520 is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on August 16, 2017 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- August 16, 2017 at 10:07 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton-M Briz-M →
- Operator
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
- Mission
- Blagovest No.11L (Kosmos 2520)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,792 km
- Periapsis
- 35,782 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Orbital period
- 1436.13 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- ISS Reshetnev
- Users
- Military/Commercial
- Launch mass
- 3,162 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- Ø2 × 6 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-046A
- NORAD catalog №
- 42907
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- Operational