COSMOS 2456 (GLONASS)

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COSMOS 2456 (GLONASS) is classified as:

Glonass Constellation
Glonass Operational

NORAD ID: 36111

Int'l Code: 2009-070A

Perigee: 19,127.5 km

Apogee: 19,146.4 km

Inclination: 64.2 °

Period: 675.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 25507 km

RCS: 3.1623 m² (large)

Launch date: December 14, 2009
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)
SV: 730

COSMOS 2456 is a Glonass satellite, designed to last seven years broadcasting navigation signals to Russian military and civilian users. The Glonass system is Russia's counterpart to the U.S. Global Positioning System. Glonass data are used around the world to determine users' coordinates, velocity and precise time.

1 36111U 09070A   20058.01849876  .00000016  00000-0  00000+0 0  9992
2 36111  64.2184 149.9079 0003700 321.0900 318.8635  2.13102722 79407

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC