Satellite description

COSMOS 2024 (ETALON 2), 20026 is a payload satellite owned by NPO PM (CIS) in MEO that was launched on Wed, 31 May 1989 UTC via a PROTON-K/DM-2 launch vehicle from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

Satellite metadata

Identifier

20026, 1989-039C

Orbit

MEO

Country

CIS

Related business

Federal Space Agency of Russia (Roscosmos) (RU)

Manufacturer

NPO PM

Mission

Operational Defense Geodetic

Bus & Motor

ETALON, Unknown motor

Mass

1,230 kg wet, 1,230 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1989-05-31 (37 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PROTON-K/DM-2

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Sphere, 0.6 m

Radar Cross Section

1.307 m², Large (>1 m²)