COSMOS 2500 (GLONASS)

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COSMOS 2500 (GLONASS) is classified as:

Glonass Operational

NORAD ID: 40001

Int'l Code: 2014-032A

Perigee: 19,126.1 km

Apogee: 19,147.9 km

Inclination: 65.4 °

Period: 675.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 25507 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: June 14, 2014
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)
SV: 755

COSMOS 2500 is a Glonass satellite that has designed No. [7]55 in the Glonass fleet. It is designed for a seven-year lifetime in orbit. The Glonass system has satellites in three orbital planes, each with eight spacecraft. Russia says it needs 24 operational satellites to maintain worldwide service. Operated by the Russian military, 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.

1 40001U 14032A   18176.05204209 -.00000062  00000-0  00000+0 0  9998
2 40001  65.4139  51.9536 0004274 203.9366 239.4811  2.13102820 31359

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC