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Designator id: 2010-007B

Description of COSMOS 2461 (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 36401U 10007B   12338.38118088  .00000073  00000-0  10000-3 0  7897
2 36401 064.8316 120.7760 0007395 097.5968 115.6475 02.13102595 21465

Last TLE update on :2012-12-04

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