COSMOS 2524

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COSMOS 2524 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 43032

Int'l Code: 2017-076A

Perigee: 906.2 km

Apogee: 914.9 km

Inclination: 67.1 °

Period: 103.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 7281 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 2, 2017
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

COSMOS 2524 is a Russian military surveillance satellite designed to monitor adversaries' radio signals. Analysts believe the satellite is the third in the Russian military's series of Lotos electronic intelligence-gathering missions, following the launch of a Lotos test satellite in November 2009 and a follow-up launch of the first Lotos-S1 payload in December 2014.

1 43032U 17076A   24116.14051637  .00000138  00000-0  15202-3 0  9999
2 43032  67.1445 297.9970 0005988 314.8026  45.2572 13.97231129326259

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC