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: 19,075.6 km

Apogee: 19,198.5 km

Inclination: 65.8 °

Period: 675.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 25508 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   19261.45310389 -.00000027  00000-0  10000-3 0  9997
2 36400  65.7928  37.0299 0024089 354.2564 332.1502  2.13102070 74311

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC