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Designator id: 2009-070A

Description of COSMOS 2456 (GLONASS Satellite:

Three Glonass-M spacecraft Cosmos 2456 (Glonass 730), Cosmos 2457 (Glonass 733) and Cosmos 2458 (Glonass 734) were added to the Russian global navigation satellite system. They were launched by a Proton-M rocket with a Block DM upper stage from Baikonur on 14 December 2009 at 10:38 UT. The spacecraft are designed to last seven years. The constellation currently has 19 active satellites which enable continuous coverage of the entire Russian territory. Global service requires 24 active satellites. The GLONASS system requires satellites in three orbital planes. These recent additions to the constellation will occupy the first plane, orbital slots 1, 4 and 5.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 2009-12-14
Launch Vehicle: Proton-M
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan

Funding Agencies:
Unknown (Russia)

Disciplines:
Navigation & Global Positioning

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 36111U 09070A   12338.71861683  .00000011  00000-0  00000+0 0  8636
2 36111 064.3428 240.4839 0005710 321.5029 072.9236 02.13101984 23122

Last TLE update on :2012-12-04

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