COSMOS 1780 [GLONASS]

16963
Spacetrack Directory Number
1986-09-16
Orbit launches


Satellite information COSMOS 1780 [GLONASS] - GLONASS 16

Spacetrack Directory Name COSMOS 1780 [GLONASS]
Alternative name GLONASS 16
Group GLONASS
Orbit launches 1986-09-16
Deorbitation
Country/organisation of origin Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Starting point TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan)
Type Satellite
Categories
Perigee 19122 km
Apogee 19137 km

Additional information COSMOS 1780 [GLONASS]

COSMOS 1780 [GLONASS], also known as Kosmos-1780, is a navigation satellite launched on September 16, 1986, from the TYMSC launch site using LC200/40 with the Proton-K/DM-2 launch vehicle. It belongs to the Uragan series and was manufactured by OAZ in SU (Soviet Union). The satellite has a length of 4 meters, a diameter of 1.5 meters, and a span of 7.8 meters when its solar arrays are deployed. Its dry mass is 1200 kg, with an initial launch mass of 1300 kg. It is equipped with 2 deployable solar arrays and batteries for power generation. The satellite uses a 3-axis stabilization system and was designed to operate for approximately 3 years. The payload is the Uragan No. 26L.

satellite COSMOS 1780 [GLONASS] Date of exalting 16.09.1986y.


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