COSMOS 2503

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COSMOS 2503 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 40420

Int'l Code: 2015-009A

Perigee: 553.6 km

Apogee: 578.8 km

Inclination: 97.9 °

Period: 95.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 6937 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   24208.85107352  .00003062  00000-0  23451-3 0  9991
2 40420  97.9244 240.5071 0018174  63.4423 296.8661 15.02529632515115

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC