COSMOS 2503

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COSMOS 2503 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 40420

Int'l Code: 2015-009A

Perigee: 560.3 km

Apogee: 582.2 km

Inclination: 98.0 °

Period: 95.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 6942 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   23274.80506328  .00003389  00000-0  27058-3 0  9993
2 40420  97.9543 294.5510 0015757   6.8075 353.3359 15.00897604470222

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC