BLAGOVEST 11L (COSMOS 2520)

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BLAGOVEST 11L (COSMOS 2520) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 42907

Int'l Code: 2017-046A

Perigee: 35,789.8 km

Apogee: 35,795.5 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 42163 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: August 16, 2017
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: ()

BLAGOVEST 11L is a Russian geostationary satellite destined to serve the Russian military and civilian customers, placed at 45 degrees East longitude, staying in view of the same part of Earth and orbiting the planet at the same rate it rotates. Designed for a 15-year mission, the Blagovest No. 11L satellite was built for the Russian military by ISS Reshetnev, a Russian aerospace contractor based in Zheleznogorsk, Russia. It is based on ISS Reshetnev's Express 2000 satellite bus. Blagovest is the first satellite that has a payload fully designed and manufactured by ISS Reshetnev. It is intended to provide high speed Internet access, communications services, television and radio broadcasting, telephony and videoconferencing. The relay spacecraft will serve Russian military and civilian users with a suite of C-band and Ka-band transponders.