Photo: Joel Kowsky · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Government/Top Secret · LEO
Film-return reconnaisance satellite. Maneuvered on October 1 to a 213 x 330 km orbit. Believed to be an improved Yantar-4K1 with a longer lifetime - and given the code name 'Kobalt' previously applied to the defunct Yantar-4K2 system. When re-entry was commanded after only 107 days in orbit, there…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| COSMOS 2410 2004-038A | Payload | re-entered 2005-01-09 | |
| SL-4 R/B 2004-038B | Rocket body | re-entered 2004-10-01 | |
| COSMOS 2410 DEB 2004-038C | Debris | re-entered 2005-01-11 | |
| COSMOS 2410 DEB 2004-038D | Debris | re-entered 2005-01-11 |
COSPAR ID 2004-038. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).