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Kosmos 2478
Russian GLONASS navigation satellite. Kosmos 2478 was launched on November 28, 2011 aboard a Soyuz-2-1B from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2011-071ANORAD 37938Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2478
- Common name
- Kosmos 2478
- Payload designation
- Uragan-M No. 46L
- Other names
- Glonass-M 746,14F113 No. 800-29-146:RA
- International designator
- 2011-071A
- NORAD catalog number
- 37938
- GCAT identifier
- S37938
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/641
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
- November 28, 2011 · 08:25 UTC
- Launch record
- 2011-071Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-2-1B
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 19,157 km
- Apogee
- 19,210 km
- Inclination
- 64.82°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- April 2015
- End of operations
- Apr 15, 2015
Size
- Mass
- 1,450 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,200 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 7.8 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q6433287 (CC0).