Cosmos-2445 | |
Mission Type: | Imaging technology |
Operator: | Roscosmos State Corporation |
Mission Duration: | 102 Days |
Spacecraft Type: | Yantar-4K2M |
Manufacturer: | Progress Rocket Space Centre |
Launch Date: | November 14, 2008 |
Launch Site: | Plesetsk Cosmodrome |
Launch Contractor: | Roscosmos State Corporation |
Last Contact: | February 23, 2009 |
Decay Date: | February 23, 2009 |
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
Orbit Regime: | Low Earth |
Orbit Periapsis: | 183 KM |
Orbit Apoapsis: | 340 KM |
Orbit Inclination: | 67.18° |
Apsis: | gee |
Cosmos-2445 was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on a Soyuz-U rocket on November 14, 2008.[1] It is an optical reconnaissance Spacecraft of the Yantar-4K2M class. It re-entered on February 23, 2009, after 102 days in space[2] It broke into two fragments that burned up later on in the re-entry sequence.