Glonass Operational
NORAD ID: 37938
Int'l Code: 2011-071A
Perigee: 19,099.6 km
Apogee: 19,174.4 km
Inclination: 64.9 °
Period: 675.7 minutes
Semi major axis: 25507 km
Launch date: November 28, 2011
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
SV:
Comments: COSMOS 2478 is a Glonass M satellite. The Glonass system broadcasts navigation signals to Russian military and civilian users around the world. It is Russia's counterpart to the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System. Glonass M satellites are built by ISS Reshetnev and designed to function for seven years. COSMOS 2478 will join a network of spacecraft at nearly full capacity. Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, reported 23 Glonass satellites were operational as of Nov. 28, 2011.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 37938U 11071A 13139.40577519 .00000088 00000-0 00000+0 0 4401
2 37938 064.8809 115.2655 0014659 248.3623 254.2347 02.13102533 11598
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for COSMOS 2478 (GLONASS)
