COSMOS 1521 [GLONASS]
1983-12-29
Satellite information COSMOS 1521 [GLONASS] - GLONASS-GVM 4
| Spacetrack Directory Name | COSMOS 1521 [GLONASS] |
| Alternative name | GLONASS-GVM 4 |
| Group | GLONASS |
| Orbit launches |
1983-12-29 |
| Deorbitation |
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| Country/organisation of origin | Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS) |
| Starting point | TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan) |
| Type | Satellite |
| Categories | |
| Perigee | 18920 km |
| Apogee | 19222 km |
Additional information COSMOS 1521 [GLONASS]
COSMOS 1521 [GLONASS], also known as Kosmos-1521, is a dummy satellite launched on December 29, 1983, from the Tyuratam Space Center (TYMSC) using a Proton-K/DM-2 launch vehicle. It was manufactured by OAZ and belongs to GUKOS. The satellite has a length of 4 meters, a diameter of 1.5 meters, and a span of 7.8 meters. Its dry mass is 1200 kg with a launch mass of 1300 kg. The mission carried the Uragan GVM payload for its purpose as a dummy satellite. It has a shape described as Cyl + Ant + 2 Pan and a radar cross-section (RCS) value of 0.4298 m?.
satellite COSMOS 1521 [GLONASS] Date of exalting 29.12.1983y.
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