Wednesday, July 29, 1992

Kosmos 2059

 1990-012A


The second of the elliptical orbit satellites was Kosmos-2059.

Object H had a large radar cross section of 12 sq m, but only object D (unknown RCS) had a significantly longer life than the others, lasting till March 24 while most of the rest decayed around Mar 6.

No  Object  RCS  Release (approx)  Decay  

 Kosmos-2059  5.10  -  1990 Nov 12 
 S3 rocket  14.93  -  1990 Jul 12 
C  -  1990 Feb 6  1990 Mar 5 
D  -  1990 Feb 6  1990 Mar 24 
E  0.12  1990 Feb 6  1990 Mar 6 
F  0.63  1990 Feb 6  1990 Mar 6 
G  -  1990 Feb 6  1990 Mar 5 
H  11.93 1990 Feb 6  1990 Mar 7 
J  -  1990 Feb 6  1990 Feb 25 
K  0.18  1990 Feb 6  1990 Mar 6 
L  0.06  1990 Feb 6  1990 Mar 5 
10 M  0.01  1990 Feb 6  1990 Feb 27 


Kosmos-2059 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1990 Feb 6  1630:01  Launch by 11K65M  PL  
 1632  Stage 2 burn 
 1638  Stage 2 MECO-1 
 1651? Stage 2 MECO-2 
  Stage 2 sep  
   189 x 2271 x 65.8 
1990 Feb 6   Released 10 objects (C to M) 
1990 Feb 9    110.09 189x2271x65.8 
1990 Feb 14    109.88 189x2253x65.8 
1990 Mar 24   Last object (12D) reentered 
1990 Nov 1  88.34 133 x 250 x 65.7 
1990 Nov 12   Reentered 

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