Satellite description

COSMOS 1807, 17217 was a payload satellite owned by UNKS (CIS) that was launched on Tue, 16 Dec 1986 UTC via a SOYUZ-U launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). 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

17217, 1986-099A

Orbit

Decayed

Last TLE update

Unknown

Origin

UNKS (CIS)

Manufacturer

TsSKB

Mission

Decayed Defense Imaging

Bus & Motor

YANTAR'-4K2, Unknown motor

Mass

~6,600 kg wet, ~2,886 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

1986-12-16 (38 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-U

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Sphere + Cyl, 6.3 m

Radar Cross Section

16.222 m², Large (>1 m²)