Official name COSMOS 2455
Alternative name Cosmos-2455
Cospar ID 2009-063A
Norad ID 36095
Launch date 2009-11-20
Launch site PKMTR
Launch vehicle Soyuz-U
Country/Organization Russia
Type application SIGINT
RCS size LARGE
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 103.09
Inclination (deg) 67.15
Perigee (km) 899
Apogee (km) 911
Eccentricity 0.00662983425414365
Mean motion (revs. per day) 13.9683771461829
Semi-Major axis (km) 7283.135
Raan (deg) 321.0669
Arg of perigee (deg) 289.0105
Shape Cyl + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 7000
Diameter (m) 2.7
Height (m) 6.3
Span (m^2) 6.3
Contractors TsSKB-Progress (bus), KB Arsenal (payload)
Configuration Yantar bus
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

The Russian Lotos-S (14F138) satellites are the development version of the Lotos-S1 (14F145) component of the next generation ELINT satellite system Liana.

The Liana system replaces replaces both the Tselina-2 with Lotos satellites and the naval US-PM with Pion-NKS (14F139) spacecraft.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
COSMOS 2455 2009-063A 2009-11-20 PKMTR Soyuz-U