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Designator id: 1997-070A

Description of KUPON Satellite:

Kupon was a Russian geostationary communications spacecraft that was intended to facilitate banking transactions in Russia and elsewhere, as part of a fleet of the "Bankir" system. The spacecraft carried enough transponders to handle 10,000 transactions simultaneously. The on-board computer failed after the spacecraft achieved orbit rendering it inoperable.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 1997-11-12
Launch Vehicle: Proton-K
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan
Mass: 2500.0 kg

Funding Agencies:
Unknown (Russia)

Disciplines:
Communications

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 25045U 97070A   12335.73618952 -.00000019  00000-0  10000-3 0  7795
2 25045 012.2039 041.5125 0002761 173.5953 186.3606 01.00306926 55098

Last TLE update on :2012-12-01

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