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EKRAN 15
Nonoperational
Payload
GEO
A catalogued spacecraft payload.
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Launch
Launch date
May 24, 1986 at 01:42 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K/DM →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Ekran
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
GEO
Apoapsis
36,908 km
Periapsis
36,821 km
Inclination
11.46°
Orbital period
1491.51 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1986-038A
NORAD catalog №
16729
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
5.5273 m²
Status
Nonoperational
End of mission
Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational