COSMOS 2439

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COSMOS 2439 is classified as:

Strela

NORAD ID: 32956

Int'l Code: 2008-025D

Perigee: 1,483.6 km

Apogee: 1,518.1 km

Inclination: 82.5 °

Period: 115.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7871 km

RCS: 0.941 m² (medium)

Launch date: May 23, 2008
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

Cosmos 2439, Cosmos 2438, and Cosmos 2437 are the latest group of Russian civilian relay satellites in the Gonets-D1M series that were launched by a Rokot rocket from Plesetsk at 15:20 UT on 23 May 2008. Some reports provide the names as Gonets-D1M 4, Gonets-D1M 3 and Gonets-D1M 2. Each has a mass of 250 kg and power 10 W, enough to relay text messages across Russia.

1 32956U 08025D   24326.75698094  .00000016  00000-0  41350-4 0  9999
2 32956  82.5077 353.6109 0021933 123.0575 237.2616 12.43052024748597

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC