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Launch

Launch date
April 27, 2011 at 01:05 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz U →
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
404 km
Periapsis
375 km
Inclination
51.64°
Orbital period
92.35 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2011-017A
NORAD catalog №
37396
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
7.9433 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 29, 2011

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 29, 2011
Time in service
185 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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