Photo: Joel Kowsky · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Government/Top Secret · SSO
A military reconnaissance satellite will be launched on Tuesday by a Soyuz-2.1b although Russian Defence Ministry has not yet officially confirmed the information. Source: http://tass.ru/en/non-political/802905
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| COSMOS 2506 2015-029A | Payload | 705 × 717 km · 98.0° | Globe |
| SL-4 R/B 2015-029B | Rocket body | re-entered 2015-08-17 | |
| COSMOS 2506 DEB 2015-029C | Debris | 644 × 655 km · 98.1° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2015-029 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).