COSMOS 2478 (GLONASS)

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COSMOS 2478 (GLONASS) is classified as:

Glonass Constellation

NORAD ID: 37938

Int'l Code: 2011-071A

Perigee: 19,097.9 km

Apogee: 19,178.8 km

Inclination: 65.9 °

Period: 675.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 25509 km

RCS: 3.1623 m² (large)

Launch date: November 28, 2011
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

COSMOS 2478 is a Glonass M satellite. The Glonass system broadcasts navigation signals to Russian military and civilian users around the world. It is Russia's counterpart to the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System. Glonass M satellites are built by ISS Reshetnev and designed to function for seven years. COSMOS 2478 will join a network of spacecraft at nearly full capacity. Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, reported 23 Glonass satellites were operational as of Nov. 28, 2011.

1 37938U 11071A   20056.83158552 -.00000049  00000-0  00000+0 0  9993
2 37938  65.8602  31.8107 0015864 240.0758 126.1503  2.13085684 64307

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC