COSMOS 2460 (GLONASS)

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COSMOS 2460 (GLONASS) is classified as:

Glonass Constellation
Glonass Operational

NORAD ID: 36402

Int'l Code: 2010-007C

Perigee: 19,129.9 km

Apogee: 19,143.5 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: 732

COSMOS 2461 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 36402U 10007C   21020.74098838 -.00000043  00000-0  00000+0 0  9992
2 36402  65.9179  20.5610 0002670 271.3153 294.6635  2.13106540 84767

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC