Payload
COSMOS 2609
OperationalPayloadLEO
COSMOS 2609 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on April 16, 2026 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 16, 2026 at 11:17 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1b Volga →
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Mission
- Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 553 km
- Periapsis
- 536 km
- Inclination
- 98.12°
- Orbital period
- 95.53 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 500 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2026-083B
- NORAD catalog №
- 68754
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- Operational