COSMOS 2503

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COSMOS 2503 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 40420

Int'l Code: 2015-009A

Perigee: 547.6 km

Apogee: 568.7 km

Inclination: 97.9 °

Period: 95.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 6929 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: February 27, 2015
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

COSMOS 2503 is a Bars-M class electro-optical area surveillance stereoscopic cartography satellite, placed into a Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit. The spacecraft was reportedly carrying an electro-optical camera system called Karat, developed by LOMO (Leningrad Optical Mechanical Association).

1 40420U 15009A   25199.37417763  .00000663  00000-0  51088-4 0  9990
2 40420  97.8809 244.8557 0015256 304.6185  55.3602 15.05158874568693

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC