2010 · Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

3 x Glonass-M (Kosmos 2459, Kosmos 2460, Kosmos 2461)

successProton-M/DM-2 Enhanced | 3 x Glonass-M (Kosmos 2459, Kosmos 2460, Kosmos 2461)

Glonass-M, also known as Uragan-M, are the second generation of Uragan satellite design used for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the similar GPS and Galileo systems. This generation improves on accuracy, power consumption and design life. Each satellite weighs 1415 kg, is equipped with 12 L-band antennas, and has an operational lifetime of 7 years.

Overview

Date / time: March 1, 2010 at 09:19 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: 81/24 (81P)
Mission: 3 x Glonass-M (Kosmos 2459, Kosmos 2460, Kosmos 2461)
Mission type: Navigation
Orbit achieved: Medium Earth Orbit

Launch vehicle

Proton-M DM-2 Enhanced →

Launch provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center →

Payloads deployed · 3

COSMOS 2459 [GLONASS-M]

MEO

COSMOS 2460 [GLONASS-M]

MEO

COSMOS 2461 [GLONASS-M]

MEO