Payload
COSMOS 2540
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 44517
COSMOS 2540 is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on August 30, 2019 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- August 30, 2019 at 02:00 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Rokot/Briz-KM →
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Mission
- Geo-IK-2 N13L (Kosmos 2540)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 954 km
- Periapsis
- 931 km
- Inclination
- 99.2°
- Orbital period
- 103.9 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- ISS Reshetnev
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 900 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Dimensions
- Ø1.3 × 3 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2019-057A
- NORAD catalog №
- 44517
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- Operational