Photo: Joel Kowsky · Public domain (US government)

NeitronKosmos 2553

Success Russian Space Forces, Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M

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Mission

Government/Top Secret · LEO

Payload suspected to be a new type of Russian military intelligence satellite called Neitron.

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbit
COSMOS 2553 2022-011A Payload 1993 × 2000 km · 67.1° Globe

COSPAR ID 2022-011 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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