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Kosmos 2468

Russian military communications satellite

Field	Value
name	Kosmos 2468
mission_type	communications satellite
operator	VKS
COSPAR_ID	2010-043C
SATCAT	37154
manufacturer	NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki (NPO PM)
launch_mass	225 kg
launch_date	UTC
launch_rocket	Rokot/Briz-KM
launch_site	Plesetsk 133/3
last_contact
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Low Earth Orbit
orbit_periapsis	1509 km
orbit_apoapsis	1498 km
orbit_inclination	82.4 degrees
orbit_period	116.06 minutes
apsis	gee

Kosmos 2468 ( meaning Cosmos 2468) is a Russian military communications satellite which was launched in 2010 by the Russian Space Forces. It was launched with Kosmos 2467 and a Gonets-M civilian communication satellite.

Launch

Kosmos 2468 was launched from Site 133/3 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. It was launched by a Rockot carrier rocket with a Briz-KM upper stage at 03:30 UTC on its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2010-043C. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 37154.

Strela-3 and Rodnik

Kosmos 2468 and Kosmos 2467 are Strela-3 communications satellite. One of them is a Strela-3, and one is a Strela-3M. It is not known which is which. They are described as store-dump communications satellites which receive information from the ground when they pass overhead, and store that information until they pass over the ground station they deliver the information to. The satellites are in low Earth orbit going round the Earth every 116 minutes. A full deployment of Strela-3 craft should consist of twelve satellites. One satellite has the GRAU index of 17F13, as a Strela-3, and the other has a GRAU index of 17F132 as a Strela-3M.

Strela-3 has a civilian variant called Gonets which is used by the Russian government for communication in remote areas. It can take between two minutes and six hours to deliver messages.

The previous satellites of this class, Kosmos 2451, Kosmos 2452 and Kosmos 2453 were launched together in July 2009.

References

Pavel, Podvig. (2010-09-08). "Gonets-M, Strela-3, and Strela-3M satellites are in orbit". Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces.
Pavel, Podvig. (2009-07-06). "Rockot launched three communication satellites". Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces.
link. RIA Novosti. (2012-07-28)
McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page.
Krebs, Gunter. "Strela-3M (Rodnik, 14F132)". Gunter's Space Page.
Krebs, Gunter. "Strela-3 (14F13)". Gunter's Space Page.
(2008). "Russian and Chinese Responses to US Military Plans in Space". American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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