COSMOS 2439

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COSMOS 2439 is classified as:

Strela

NORAD ID: 32956

Int'l Code: 2008-025D

Perigee: 1,484.4 km

Apogee: 1,517.3 km

Inclination: 82.5 °

Period: 115.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7871 km

RCS: 0.941 m² (medium)

Launch date: May 23, 2008
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

Cosmos 2439, Cosmos 2438, and Cosmos 2437 are the latest group of Russian civilian relay satellites in the Gonets-D1M series that were launched by a Rokot rocket from Plesetsk at 15:20 UT on 23 May 2008. Some reports provide the names as Gonets-D1M 4, Gonets-D1M 3 and Gonets-D1M 2. Each has a mass of 250 kg and power 10 W, enough to relay text messages across Russia.

1 32956U 08025D   24139.54493939  .00000030  00000-0  14095-3 0  9990
2 32956  82.5030 109.9813 0020912 169.3237 190.8291 12.43044153725338

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC