STERKH 2

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STERKH 2 is classified as:

Search & rescue

NORAD ID: 35866

Int'l Code: 2009-049B

Perigee: 818.5 km

Apogee: 823.2 km

Inclination: 98.6 °

Period: 101.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 7191 km

RCS: 0.7849 m² (medium)

Launch date: September 17, 2009
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

Sterkh-2 is an emergency rescue satellite built by PO Polyot. Sterkh was developed as a replacement for the older Nadezhda system. Unlike their predecessors, Sterkh satellites do not carry navigation systems, since this function has been taken over by GLONASS. Sterkh satellites are smaller than their predecessors and were designed to be launched as secondary payloads with other satellites.

1 35866U 09049B   24130.85763851  .00000345  00000-0  17093-3 0  9998
2 35866  98.6074  92.7261 0003286  12.1947 347.9310 14.23439170760312

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC