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Kosmos 2426
Russian GLONASS navigation satellite. Kosmos 2426 was launched on December 25, 2006 aboard a Proton-K/DM-2 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2006-062BNORAD 29671Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2425
- Common name
- Kosmos 2426
- Payload designation
- Uragan-M No. 16L
- Other names
- Glonass-M 716,14F113 No. 800-87-116:RA
- International designator
- 2006-062B
- NORAD catalog number
- 29671
- GCAT identifier
- S29671
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/507
Mission
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Uragan-M
- Owner
- KVR
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- OAO M. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems
- Platform (bus)
- Uragan
Launch
- Date
- December 25, 2006 · 20:18 UTC
- Launch record
- 2006-062Success
- Rocket
- Proton-K/DM-2
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC81/24
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 19,080 km
- Apogee
- 19,179 km
- Inclination
- 64.86°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2017
- End of operations
- Jul 20, 2021
Size
- Mass
- 1,450 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,200 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 7.8 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753765 (CC0).