Satellites

Payload

COSMOS 300

DecayedPayloadLEO

COSMOS 300 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on September 23, 1969 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
September 23, 1969 at 02:07 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Luna-16a

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
163 km
Periapsis
148 km
Inclination
51.51°
Orbital period
87.6 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
5,550.05 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1969-080A
NORAD catalog №
4104
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 27, 1969

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 27, 1969
Time in service
4 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed