COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS)

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COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 40315

Int'l Code: 2014-075A

Perigee: 19,087.0 km

Apogee: 19,187.2 km

Inclination: 63.6 °

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   23159.19506744  .00000028  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 40315  63.6434 228.7358 0019645 209.6271 150.3385  2.13101441 66305

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC