Kosmos 2478
Kosmos 2478 Mission type Navigation Operator Russian Space Forces COSPAR ID 2011-071A[1] SATCAT no. 37938[1] Website GLONASS status
Spacecraft GC 746[2] Spacecraft type Uragan-M Manufacturer Reshetnev ISS [3] Launch mass 1,415 kilograms (3,120 lb) [3] Dimensions 1.3 metres (4 ft 3 in) diameter [3] Power 1,540 watts[3]
Launch date November 28, 2011, 08:26 (2011-11-28UTC08:26Z ) UTC Rocket Soyuz-2-1b /Fregat-M [3] Launch site Plesetsk 43/4
Reference system Geocentric Regime Medium Earth orbit [4] Semi-major axis 25,523 kilometres (15,859 mi)[1] Eccentricity 0.0007[1] Perigee altitude 19,127 kilometres (11,885 mi)[1] Apogee altitude 19,163 kilometres (11,907 mi)[1] Inclination 64.82 degrees[1] Period 676.34 minutes[1]
Kosmos 2478 (Russian : Космос 2478 meaning Cosmos 2478 ) is a Russian military satellite launched in 2011 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system.
This satellite is a GLONASS-M satellite, also known as Uragan-M, and is numbered Uragan-M No. 746.[1] [5]
Kosmos 2478 was launched from Site 43/4 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. A Soyuz-2-1b carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 08:26 UTC on 28 November 2011. The launch successfully placed the satellite into Medium Earth orbit . It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2011–071. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 37938.[1] [5] [6]
It is in the third orbital plane used by GLONASS, in orbital slot 17.[2] [6]
It started operations on 23 December 2011.[2]
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