RADUGA 1M-2

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RADUGA 1M-2 is classified as:

Military
Raduga

NORAD ID: 36358

Int'l Code: 2010-002A

Perigee: 35,786.2 km

Apogee: 35,801.9 km

Inclination: 1.6 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: 39.8107 m² (large)

Launch date: January 28, 2010
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

RADUGA-1M 2 is believed to be a modernized Raduga, or Globus, communications satellite designed to link Russian troops and senior military commanders. The spacecraft can relay messages through small mobile terminals deployed on the battlefield. The Raduga fleet is stationed in geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles [35,900 km] above Earth.

1 36358U 10002A   24140.87306280 -.00000167  00000-0  00000+0 0  9997
2 36358   1.6496  88.7701 0001858 318.2764 230.3532  1.00270729 52404

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC