COSMOS 2459 (GLONASS)

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COSMOS 2459 (GLONASS) is classified as:

Glonass Constellation
Glonass Operational

NORAD ID: 36400

Int'l Code: 2010-007A

Perigee: 19,077.8 km

Apogee: 19,195.8 km

Inclination: 65.9 °

Period: 675.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 25507 km

RCS: 3.1623 m² (large)

Launch date: March 1, 2010
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)
SV: 731

COSMOS 2459 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 36400U 10007A   20272.86381103 -.00000090  00000-0  10000-3 0  9998
2 36400  65.9109  24.4401 0023132 351.7843  25.6016  2.13105101 82343

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC