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COSMOS 2501 (702K)
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COSMOS 2501 (702K) is a Ministry of Defense navigation satellite, part of the GLONASS constellation, launched on November 30, 2014 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 30, 2014 at 09:52 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1b Fregat →
- Operator
- Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
- Mission
- Glonass-K1 (Kosmos 2501)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 19,187 km
- Periapsis
- 19,072 km
- Inclination
- 63.62°
- Orbital period
- 675.73 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- ISS Reshetnev
- Users
- Military/Commercial
- Launch mass
- 935 kg
- Power
- 1,700 W
- Design lifetime
- 10 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2014-075A
- NORAD catalog №
- 40315
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Constellation
- GLONASS
- Radar cross-section
- 18.8988 m²
- Status
- Operational