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Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1 (Kosmos 2501)
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-K1 (Kosmos 2501)
- Type
- Navigation
- Target orbit
- Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
Glonass-K are the third generation of satellite design 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 is unpressurized and weighs 935 kg, and has an operational lifetime of 10 years.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1b Fregat
- Family
- Soyuz
- Variant
- Fregat
- Provider
- Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 43/4 (43R)
- Location
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Country
- RUS
- Timezone
- Europe/Moscow
- Coordinates
- 62.9288, 40.4571