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Designator id: 2010-007A

Description of COSMOS 2459 (GLONASS Satellite:

Three Glonass-M spacecraft Cosmos 2459 (Glonass 731), Cosmos 2461 (Glonass 735) and Cosmos 2460 (Glonass 732) 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 01 March 2010 at 21:19 UT. Each spacecraft has a mass of 1360 kg and are designed to last seven years. The GLONASS system requires satellites in three orbital planes and global service requires 24 satellites. As of 01 March 2010 the constellation consisted of 18 operational satellites. These recent additions to the constellation will occupy the third plane, orbital slots 22, 24, and 23, respectively.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 2010-03-01
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 36400U 10007A   12338.16576479  .00000071  00000-0  10000-3 0  7904
2 36400 064.8392 120.7904 0029655 357.4460 140.2199 02.13102523 21464

Last TLE update on :2012-12-03

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