Neitron No.1 (Cosmos 2553) is a Russian military reconnaissance satellite designed to conduct optical reconnaissance on the ground, as well as to take photographs of satellites in orbit.
Name of Satellite | Neitron No.1 (Cosmos 2553) |
Purpose | Earth Observation |
Contractor | Unknown |
Country of Contractor | Russia |
Launch Mass (kg.) | 2 000 |
Class of Orbit | MEO |
Perigee (km) | 1 992 |
Date of Launch | 05.02.2022 |
Launch Site | Plesetsk Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle | Soyuz 2.1a |
COSPAR Number | 2022-011A |
NORAD Number | 51511 |
Cosmos 2553 is a Russian Earth Observation Satellite launched on 5 February 2022 by the Russian Air and Space Forces. Cosmos 2553 was delivered into orbit by a Soyuz-2.1a rocket using a Fregat launch vehicle.