Military
NORAD ID: 37806
Int'l Code: 2011-048A
Perigee: 35,787.1 km
Apogee: 35,801.6 km
Inclination: 0.1 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42165 km
Launch date: September 20, 2011
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Comments: Cosmos-2473 is reported to be a new military relay satellite. It is believed to be a satellite of a new type, identified as Garpun (Harpoon), which was developed to replace older Geizer satellites of the Potok system. This system was built to relay information from reconnaissance satellites in real time. The last Geizer satellite, Cosmos-2371 (26394), was launched in July 2000 and stopped operations in 2009.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 37806U 11048A 14111.93887225 -.00000154 00000-0 10000-3 0 7218
2 37806 000.0641 080.3139 0001717 354.1291 193.4051 01.00269584 9559
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for COSMOS 2473
