Payload
COSMOS 2550
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 48865
COSMOS 2550 is a Ministry of Defense payload satellite, launched on June 25, 2021 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- June 25, 2021 at 07:50 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1b →
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Mission
- Pion-NKS No. 1 (Kosmos 2550)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 471 km
- Periapsis
- 459 km
- Inclination
- 67.14°
- Orbital period
- 93.89 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 13, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- KB Arsenal, RKTs Progress
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 7,231 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Dimensions
- Ø2.7 × 8 m
- Detailed purpose
- Radar Imaging/Electronic Intelligence
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-056A
- NORAD catalog №
- 48865
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- Operational