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Kosmos 2461

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

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

(n.d.). "2010-007". Zarya.
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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