COSMOS 2522 (GLONASS)

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COSMOS 2522 (GLONASS) is classified as:

Glonass Operational

NORAD ID: 42939

Int'l Code: 2017-055A

Perigee: 19,114.2 km

Apogee: 19,159.9 km

Inclination: 64.1 °

Period: 675.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 25508 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: September 22, 2017
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)
SV: 752

COSMOS 2522 is a Glonass spacecraft to replace a defunct satellite launched nearly 11 years ago, sustaining the Glonass system's near-global reach for the Russian military. Built by ISS Reshetnev, a satellite manufacturer based in Zheleznogorsk, Russia, the Glonass M satellite is beginning a seven-year service life broadcasting L-band navigation signals worldwide for the Russian military and civilian users. The Glonass program is Russia's analog to the U.S. military's Global Positioning System, providing precise position and time information to users equipped with receivers on the ground.

1 42939U 17055A   24140.33125563  .00000016  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 42939  64.0823 217.7536 0008964 238.0326 121.9374  2.13101968 51806

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC