COSMOS 2479

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COSMOS 2479 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 38101

Int'l Code: 2012-012A

Perigee: 35,751.6 km

Apogee: 35,809.6 km

Inclination: 8.4 °

Period: 1,435.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 42151 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   25347.98803920 -.00000005  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 38101   8.4235  58.1740 0006877 224.3534 154.1502  1.00318777 50235

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC