Satellites

Payload

SOYUZ 23

DecayedPayloadLEO

SOYUZ 23 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on October 14, 1976 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
October 14, 1976 at 05:39 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Soyuz 23

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
267 km
Periapsis
247 km
Inclination
51.59°
Orbital period
89.64 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
6,511.4 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1976-100A
NORAD catalog №
9477
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 16, 1976

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 16, 1976
Time in service
2 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed