Kosmos 2461
title: "Kosmos 2461" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["spacecraft-launched-in-2010", "spacecraft-launched-by-proton-rockets", "kosmos-satellites"] topic_path: "general/spacecraft-launched-in-2010" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_2461" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kosmos 2461 |
| mission_type | Navigation |
| operator | Russian Space Forces |
| COSPAR_ID | 2010-007B |
| SATCAT | 36401 |
| spacecraft | GC 735 |
| spacecraft_type | Uragan-M |
| manufacturer | Reshetnev ISS |
| launch_mass | 1415 kg |
| dimensions | 1.3 m diameter |
| power | 1,540 watts |
| launch_date | UTC |
| launch_rocket | Proton-M/DM-2 |
| launch_site | Baikonur 81/24 |
| orbit_reference | Geocentric |
| orbit_regime | Medium Earth orbit |
| orbit_semimajor | 25505 km |
| orbit_eccentricity | 0.0002 |
| orbit_periapsis | 19123 km |
| orbit_apoapsis | 19132 km |
| orbit_inclination | 64.77 degrees |
| orbit_period | 675.63 minutes |
| apsis | gee |
| :: |
| name = Kosmos 2461 | mission_type = Navigation | operator = Russian Space Forces | COSPAR_ID = 2010-007B | SATCAT = 36401 | mission_duration =
| spacecraft = GC 735 | spacecraft_type = Uragan-M | manufacturer = Reshetnev ISS | launch_mass = 1415 kg | dimensions = 1.3 m diameter | power = 1,540 watts
| launch_date = UTC | launch_rocket = Proton-M/DM-2 | launch_site = Baikonur 81/24 | entered_service =
| disposal_type = | deactivated =
| orbit_epoch = | orbit_reference = Geocentric | orbit_regime = Medium Earth orbit | orbit_semimajor = 25505 km | orbit_eccentricity = 0.0002 | orbit_periapsis = 19123 km | orbit_apoapsis = 19132 km | orbit_inclination = 64.77 degrees | orbit_period = 675.63 minutes | orbit_slot = | apsis = gee Kosmos 2461 ( meaning Cosmos 2461) is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2010 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2459 and Kosmos 2460
This satellite is a GLONASS-M satellite, also known as Uragan-M, and is numbered Uragan-M No. 735.
Kosmos 2459/60/61 were launched from Site 81/24 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A Proton-M carrier rocket with a Blok DM upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 21:19 UTC on 1 March 2010. The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2010-007B. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 36401.
It is in the third orbital plane of the GLONASS constellation, in orbital slot 24. It started operations on 28 March 2010.
References
References
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- McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page.
- McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page.
- (2013-05-01). "Glonass". Russian Forces.
- (2013-05-03). "GLONASS constellation status, 03.05.2013". Information-analytical centre, Korolyov, Russia.
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