COSMOS 1953
Launch
Launched on Jun 14, 1988 from 32/2, Russia aboard a Tsiklon-3.
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Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Russia / Soviet Union (military)
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Jun 14, 1988
Mass
—
Apogee
484 km
Perigee
470 km
Inclination
82.51°
Period
1.57 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for COSMOS 1953 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-4.0 km
Rate
-0.04 km/day
Now
470 × 484 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
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