Cosmos 2512

Launch data: Designation  41099 / 15071B Launch date  05 Dec 2015 - 14:09 UT Launch site  Plesetsk, LC-43/4 Launch vehicle  Soyuz-2-1v Volga Mission  Radar Calibration Satellite type  KYuA 1 Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  684 x 693 km Eccentricity   Inclination  98.2 deg Period  98.5 min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• The russian KYuA 1 satellite is a radar calibration spheres, which will be launched on the second flight of the Soyuz-2-1v Volga launch vehicle.
• The KYuA 1 radar calibration sphere is to be used for radar tests by the Almaz-Antey company, a developer of anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems.
• The sphere is side-mounted on a large cylindrical adaptor, which carries the Kanopus-ST 1 main satellite. It resembles the SKRL-756 radar calibration spheres of the maiden Soyuz-2-1v Volga launch.

External links:

• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking