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COSMOS 2424 [GLONASS-M]

NonoperationalNavigationMEO

Broadcasts precise timing/positioning signals for global navigation (GNSS).

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Launch

Launch date
December 25, 2006 at 08:18 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton K/DM-2 →
Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Uragan-M 6 to 8
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
MEO
Apoapsis
19,178 km
Periapsis
19,078 km
Inclination
64.7°
Orbital period
675.67 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2006-062C
NORAD catalog №
29672
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
5.0257 m²
Status
Nonoperational

End of mission

Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational