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COSMOS 2461 [GLONASS-M]
NonoperationalNavigationMEO
COSMOS 2461 [GLONASS-M] is a Ministry of Defense navigation satellite, launched on March 1, 2010 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 1, 2010 at 09:19 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton-M DM-2 Enhanced →
- Operator
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
- Mission
- 3 x Glonass-M (Kosmos 2459, Kosmos 2460, Kosmos 2461)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 19,182 km
- Periapsis
- 19,077 km
- Inclination
- 65.44°
- Orbital period
- 675.72 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- ISS Reshetnev
- Users
- Military/Commercial
- Launch mass
- 1,450 kg
- Power
- 1,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 7 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2010-007B
- NORAD catalog №
- 36401
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 3.9811 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational