Payload
COSMOS 2540
OperationalPayloadLEO
COSMOS 2540 is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on August 30, 2019 into LEO.
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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
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- ISS Reshetnev
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 900 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2019-057A
- NORAD catalog №
- 44517
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- Operational