New Cosmos launch
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 19 Aug 1999 08:22:39 +0100
A new Russian satellite, presumably Cosmos 2365, has been launched by a
Soyuz-U rocket. This appears to be a Yantar recoverable spysat, like
Cosmos 2358 (#25373).
Current elsets, with size/mag data by me:
Cosmos 2365 6.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 343 x 167 km
1 25889U 99044A 99230.80293451 -.00001816 57406-5 00000-0 0 11
2 25889 67.1382 223.0187 0132723 97.1137 264.5056 16.07197047 11
C 2365 Soyuz r 6.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 334 x 166 km
1 25890U 99044B 99230.86504758 .02621569 57424-5 83399-3 0 24
2 25890 67.1351 222.8645 0127021 96.5511 264.9170 16.08923368 25
C 2365 Soyuz deb 331 x 163 km
1 25891U 99044C 99230.86516732 .01374757 57750-5 39993-3 0 15
2 25891 67.0976 222.8822 0126719 103.9633 258.4102 16.09822531 20
The rocket and debris will decay quickly; expect the Cosmos to be
manoeuvred.
Alan
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