Satellites

Payload

STERKH 2

NonoperationalPayloadLEO

STERKH 2 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on September 17, 2009 into LEO.

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Launch

Launch date
September 17, 2009 at 03:55 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Mission
Meteor-M 1

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
814 km
Periapsis
810 km
Inclination
98.71°
Orbital period
101.13 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
171 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2009-049B
NORAD catalog №
35866
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
0.783 m²
Status
Nonoperational

End of mission

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