Mission record
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Glonass-M No. 61 (Kosmos 2564)
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
Russian Space Forces
Provider type
Government
Orbit
MEO
Mission type
Navigation
Launch site
Russia
Date
Mon, 28 Nov 2022 15:13:50 GMT
Orbital launch #
#6348 ever
Mission
Glonass-M, also known as Uragan-M, are the second generation of Uragan satellite design used for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the similar GPS and Galileo systems. This generation improves on accuracy, power consumption and design life. Each satellite weighs 1415 kg, is equipped with 12 L-band antennas, and has an operational lifetime of 7 years.
Deployed payloads · 1