NORAD ID: 14372 Int'l Code: 1983-099A
Perigee: 543.8 km
Apogee: 564.2 km
Inclination: 82.5 °
Period: 95.6 minutes
Semi major axis: 6,925.0 km
Launch date: September 28, 1983
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Comments: The Cosmos 1500 spacecraft was a precursor to the operational Russian Okean ("Ocean") series of oceanographic remote sensing missions. The satellite tested a new sensors and methods of data collection and processing. Cosmos 1500 had the capability of overlapping and processing images from its sensors. Data from satellite were sent directly to ships or automated data receiving stations and was applied in navigation in northern oceans.
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