COSMOS 1953

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COSMOS 1953 is classified as:

Brightest
Tselina

NORAD ID: 19210

Int'l Code: 1988-050A

Perigee: 520.2 km

Apogee: 537.6 km

Inclination: 82.5 °

Period: 95.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 6899 km

RCS: 8.72 m² (large)

Launch date: June 14, 1988
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

Cosmos 1953 was a Soviet ELINT (Electronic and Signals Intelligence) satellite launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. From 1965 to 1967 two dedicated ELINT systems were tested: the Tselina and the Navy's US. Both reached service, since the Ministry of Defence could not force a single system on the military services.

1 19210U 88050A   24139.92479049  .00013302  00000-0  71432-3 0  9996
2 19210  82.5128  95.2736 0012571 272.4077  87.5715 15.14746182937436

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC