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EKRAN 16

NonoperationalPayloadGEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
September 3, 1987 at 07:26 PM 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
36,901 km
Periapsis
36,865 km
Inclination
12.26°
Orbital period
1492.48 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1987-073A
NORAD catalog №
18328
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
5.9463 m²
Status
Nonoperational

End of mission

Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational