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Manufacturer's Designation: 36KS. Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Manufacturer: Kozlov.

Science. Adaptation of the Vostok spacecraft.

Typical orbit: 214 x 399 km, 62.7 deg inclinaton. Mass: 6,300 kg (13,800 lb).


Efir Chronology
  • 1984 March 10 - Cosmos 1543 - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Mass: 6,300 kg (13,800 lb). Perigee: 214 km (132 mi). Apogee: 401 km (249 mi). Inclination: 62.80 deg. Period: 90.70 min. Duration: 26.00 days.
    Scientific mission using spacecraft based on Vostok/Zenit design.

  • 1985 December 27 - Cosmos 1713 - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: -. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Mass: 6,300 kg (13,800 lb). Perigee: 215 km (133 mi). Apogee: 397 km (246 mi). Inclination: 62.80 deg. Period: 90.60 min. Duration: 26.00 days.


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