COSMOS 2503

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COSMOS 2503 is classified as:

Military

NORAD ID: 40420

Int'l Code: 2015-009A

Perigee: 564.7 km

Apogee: 582.8 km

Inclination: 98.0 °

Period: 96.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 6944 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   23091.54764371  .00001892  00000-0  15662-3 0  9990
2 40420  97.9549 107.3517 0013020 238.7184 121.2763 15.00105630442764

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC