Photo: Joel Kowsky · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Government/Top Secret · SSO
Note: Payload identity uncertain. Bars-M is the second incarnation of the Bars project, which was started in the mid 1990ies to develop a successor for the Komtea class of area surveillance satellites. The original Bars project was halted in the early 2000s. In 2007, TsSKB-Progress was contracted…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| COSMOS 2579 2024-197A | Payload | 488 × 490 km · 97.6° | Globe |
| SL-4 R/B 2024-197B | Rocket body | re-entered 2025-04-16 |
COSPAR ID 2024-197 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).