Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | VKO |
COSPAR ID | 2012-041A |
SATCAT no. | 38733 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Strela-3 |
Manufacturer | NPO PM[1] |
Launch mass | 225 kilograms (496 lb)[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 28 July 2012, 01:35 | UTC
Rocket | Rokot/Briz-KM |
Launch site | Plesetsk 133/3 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 1,483 kilometres (921 mi)[2] |
Apogee altitude | 1,511 kilometres (939 mi)[2] |
Inclination | 82.48 degrees |
Period | 115.91 minutes |
Kosmos 2481 (‹See Tfd›Russian: Космос 2481 meaning Cosmos 2481) is a Russian Strela-3 military communications satellite which was launched in 2012 by the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces. It was launched with 2 Gonets-M civilian communication satellites and a research satellite called Yubileiny-2, also known as MiR.