COSMOS 2457 (GLONASS)

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COSMOS 2457 (GLONASS) is classified as:

Glonass Constellation
Glonass Operational

NORAD ID: 36112

Int'l Code: 2009-070B

Perigee: 19,130.1 km

Apogee: 19,144.1 km

Inclination: 65.0 °

Period: 675.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 25508 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: 733

COSMOS 2458 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 36112U 09070B   26166.04071626 -.00000027  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 36112  64.9954  70.8896 0002757 123.8220  53.2040  2.13101207128382

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC