COSMOS 2479

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COSMOS 2479 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 38101

Int'l Code: 2012-012A

Perigee: 35,767.2 km

Apogee: 35,785.5 km

Inclination: 7.1 °

Period: 1,435.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 42147 km

RCS: 0.003 m² (small)

Launch date: March 30, 2012
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

Cosmos 2479 is a Russian military satellite. It is believeed to be an Oko-class early warning satellite designed to detect missile launches with an infrared telescope. COSMOS 2479, believed to be the last in the current early warning system, will be stationed in geosynchronous orbit 22,300 miles (35,888 km) over the equator, giving the platform a view of nearly half of Earth.

1 38101U 12012A   24140.49442764  .00000124  00000-0  00000-0 0  9997
2 38101   7.0905  63.3838 0002174 256.6123 287.0011  1.00333882 44472

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC