COSMOS 2437

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COSMOS 2437 is classified as:

Strela

NORAD ID: 32954

Int'l Code: 2008-025B

Perigee: 1,485.2 km

Apogee: 1,519.0 km

Inclination: 82.5 °

Period: 115.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 7873 km

RCS: 0.9187 m² (medium)

Launch date: May 23, 2008
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

Cosmos 2439, Cosmos 2438, and Cosmos 2437 are the latest group of Russian civilian relay satellites in the Gonets-D1M series that were launched by a Rokot rocket from Plesetsk at 15:20 UT on 23 May 2008. Some reports provide the names as Gonets-D1M 4, Gonets-D1M 3 and Gonets-D1M 2. Each has a mass of 250 kg and power 10 W, enough to relay text messages across Russia.

1 32954U 08025B   26102.21884278  .00000009  00000-0 -87310-5 0  9993
2 32954  82.5040  38.4698 0021477 111.3543  54.1347 12.42757707811175

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC