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Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-M (Kosmos 2494)
Russian Aerospace Defence Forces43/4 (43R) — Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Glonass-M (Kosmos 2494)
- Type
- Navigation
- Target orbit
- Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1b Fregat
- Family
- Soyuz
- Variant
- Fregat
- Provider
- Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
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launch site
- Pad
- 43/4 (43R)
- Location
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Country
- RUS
- Timezone
- Europe/Moscow
- Coordinates
- 62.9288, 40.4571