Kosmos 2499
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Kosmos 2499[3] was a Russian satellite orbiting the Earth, before breaking up on January 4, 2023.
Quick Facts Operator, COSPAR ID ...
Operator | Russia |
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COSPAR ID | 2014-028E |
SATCAT no. | 39765 |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 23 May 2014, 05:27:54 (2014-05-23UTC05:27:54Z) UTC[1] |
Rocket | Rokot/Briz-KM |
Launch site | Plesetsk 133/3 |
End of mission | |
Destroyed | January 4 2023, 03:57 (2023-01-04UTC03:58Z) UTC[1] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 1,156 kilometres (718 mi)[2] |
Apogee altitude | 1,512 kilometres (940 mi)[2] |
Inclination | 82.44 degrees[2] |
Period | 112.19 minutes[2] |
Epoch | 25 January 2015, 03:55:30 UTC[2] |
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