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| Object Name | COSMOS 459 |
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| Object Full Name | - |
| Norad ID | 5625 |
| Cospar ID | 1971-102A |
| Object Type | Satellite |
| Object Status | Decayed |
| Object Class | - |
| End of Life | - |
Cosmos 459 was a Soviet military anti-satellite (ASAT) target launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome aboard a Kosmos 3 rocket. It was intercepted by Cosmos 462.
| Launch Date | 1971-11-29 |
|---|---|
| Decay Date | 1971-12-27 |
| Launch Vehicle | - |
| Launch Site | Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia |
| Launch Provider | - |
| Launch Provider Country | - |
| Launch Mass | - |
| Dry Mass | - |
| User | - |
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| Mission | - |
| Mission Detail | - |
| Country of Registry | - |
| Programme | - |
| Operator | - |
| Country of Operator | USSR/Russia |
| Contractor | - |
| Country of Contractor | - |
| Payload Contractor | - |
| Payload Contractor Country | - |
| Orbit Status | Earth Orbit |
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| Orbit | - |
| Orbit Type | - |
| Period: | 87.5 min |
| Inclination: | 65.8° |
| Apogee: | 163.0 km |
| Perigee: | 134.0 km |
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| ECT | - |
| Payload | - |
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| Platform | - |
| Propulsion | - |
| Propulsion Type | - |
| Life Time | - |
| Power | - |
| Budget | - |
| Call Sign | - |
| Beacon | - |
| RCS | - |
| References | - |
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| Range: | - |