Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
Orbits are real (live SGP4) — press play to sweep the deployed group forward along their planes. Ascent path is a representation; true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
Provider type
Government
Orbit
MEO
Mission type
Navigation
Launch site
Russia
Date
Sun, 30 Nov 2014 21:52:26 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5427 ever
Mission
Glonass-K are the third generation of satellite design 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 is unpressurized and weighs 935 kg, and has an operational lifetime of 10 years.
Deployed payloads · 1