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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