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Success Russian Space Forces, Soyuz 2.1b

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Electro-optical reconnaissance satellite

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Flight profileThe climb, seen from the side · 3D replay on the globe
to orbit0 km1,310 km downrange500 km up

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Launch window and padPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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Rocket and boosterSoyuz 2.1b
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Soyuz 2.1b
Reusable
no

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MissionGovernment/Top Secret · SSO

Government/Top Secret · SSO

What it put in orbit2 catalogued objects, 1 of them satellites
ObjectTypeOrbit
COSMOS 2441 2008-037A Payload 704 × 726 km · 98.3° Globe
SL-4 R/B 2008-037B Rocket body re-entered 2008-12-14

COSPAR ID 2008-037. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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