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COSMOS 2426 [GLONASS-M]
NonoperationalNavigationMEONORAD 29671
COSMOS 2426 [GLONASS-M] is a Ministry of Defense navigation satellite, launched on December 25, 2006 into MEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- December 25, 2006 at 08:18 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton K/DM-2 →
- Operator
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
- Mission
- Uragan-M 6 to 8
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 19,196 km
- Periapsis
- 19,085 km
- Inclination
- 64.7°
- Orbital period
- 676.17 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- ISS Reshetnev
- Users
- Military/Commercial
- Launch mass
- 1,450 kg
- Power
- 1,600 W
- Design lifetime
- 7 years
- Dimensions
- Ø1.5 × 4 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2006-062B
- NORAD catalog №
- 29671
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 5.9763 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational