COSMOS 2461 (GLONASS)

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COSMOS 2461 (GLONASS) is classified as:

Glonass Constellation

NORAD ID: 36401

Int'l Code: 2010-007B

Perigee: 19,086.6 km

Apogee: 19,186.8 km

Inclination: 65.6 °

Period: 675.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 25507 km

RCS: 1.9953 m² (large)

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

COSMOS 2460 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 36401U 10007B   25199.20216014 -.00000064  00000-0  00000-0 0  9995
2 36401  65.6241 325.8197 0019643   1.0946 168.4021  2.13106679119703

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC