COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS)

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COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS) is classified as:

Glonass Operational

NORAD ID: 40315

Int'l Code: 2014-075A

Perigee: 19,095.0 km

Apogee: 19,179.6 km

Inclination: 64.2 °

Period: 675.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 25508 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: November 30, 2014
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)
SV: 702K

COSMOS 2501 is the second craft in a series of upgraded Glonass K satellites designed to last longer, transmit more navigation signals, and launch on smaller rockets. Like the first Glonass K spacecraft, which launched in February 2011, the second satellite will demonstrate new technologies that Russia plans to incorporate in the future operational Glonass navigation system. The Glonass K satellite is expected to operate for 10 years—an improvement from the seven-year design life of previous satellites—and features five navigation channels, including a new civilian L-band signal. The new craft are lighter, generate more electrical power, and are based on an unpressurized Express 1000K bus built by ISS Reshetnev."

1 40315U 14075A   18203.26782427 -.00000052 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9990
2 40315 064.2035 291.2982 0016566 205.9932 037.6709 02.13098688028335

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC