Kosmos 2480

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Kosmos 2480

Summary

Kosmos 2480 is a Yantar-4K2M[1]. It draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (yantar_4k2m category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kosmos 2480's instance of is recorded as Yantar-4K2M[3].
  • Kosmos 2480's operator is recorded as GRU[4].
  • Kosmos 2480's operator is recorded as Russian Aerospace Defence Forces[5].
  • Kosmos 2480's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2012-024A[6].
  • Kosmos 2480's space launch vehicle is recorded as Soyuz-U[7].
  • Kosmos 2480's SCN is recorded as 38335[8].
  • Kosmos 2480's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2012-05-17T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Kosmos 2480's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +2012-09-24T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Kosmos 2480's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j_4ycr[11].
  • Kosmos 2480's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[12].
  • Kosmos 2480's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry[13].
  • Kosmos 2480's start point is recorded as Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 16[14].
  • Kosmos 2480's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+88.9'}[15].
  • Kosmos 2480's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+259.5'}[16].
  • Kosmos 2480's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+196.4'}[17].
  • Kosmos 2480's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "38335"][18].

Why It Matters

Kosmos 2480 draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (yantar_4k2m category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_kosmos-2480_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Kosmos 2480}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/kosmos-2480}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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