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Kosmos 955 (Russian: Космос-955; International Designator: 1977-091A, satcat number 10362) was a Soviet ELINT satellite, launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on September 20, 1977, at 01:01 UTC. The satellite's mass was 2,500 kg. Kosmos 955 had a periapsis of 631 km, apoapsis of 664 km, period inclination of 81.2° and an orbital eccentricity of 0.002346999943256378. It was launched by a Vostok-2M carrier rocket. It decayed from orbit on 8 September 2000.