NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1989-100A
Cosmos 2053 was a Soviet military calibration mission launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome aboard a Tsyklon 3 rocket. It was believed to be a modernised version of the Taifun-1 satellite, built by NPO Yuzhnoe. The satellite carried 36 small Calibration Spherical Object subsatellites to test Russian radars. These were released between December 27, 1989 and November 1, 1991.
Launch Date: 1989-12-27
Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon
Launch Site: Plesetsk, U.S.S.R
Mass: 3000 kg
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