COSMOS 2503

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COSMOS 2503 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 40420

Int'l Code: 2015-009A

Perigee: 570.6 km

Apogee: 584.7 km

Inclination: 97.9 °

Period: 96.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 6948 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   21300.51359907 -.00000205  00000-0 -11785-4 0  9995
2 40420  97.9463 295.4769 0010167 151.2929 208.8856 14.98837826364697

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC