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Kosmos 2442

Russian navigation satellite

Field	Value
name	Kosmos 2442
image	Glonass-M small. CeBIT 2011 Samstag PD 110.jpg
mission_type	Navigation
operator	Russian Space Forces
COSPAR_ID	2008-046A
SATCAT	33378
spacecraft	GC 724
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
apsis	gee
programme	GLONASS (satellites)
previous_mission	Kosmos 2436
next_mission	Kosmos 2443
programme2	Kosmos (satellites)
previous_mission2	Kosmos 2441
next_mission2	Kosmos 2443

Kosmos 2442 ( meaning Cosmos 2442) is one of a set of three set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2008 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2443 and Kosmos 2444.

This satellites is a GLONASS-M satellite, also known as Uragan-M, and is numbered Uragan-M No. 724.

Kosmos 2442/3/4 were launched from Site 81/23 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 08:49 UTC on 25 September 2008. The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designators 2008-046A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 33378.

It is currently part of the GLONASS constellation in the third orbital plane, orbital slot 18. It started operation on 26 October 2008.

References

Testoyedov, Nikolay. (2015-05-18). "Space Navigation in Russia: History of Development".
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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