Mission record
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1 No. 18 (Kosmos 2595) & Kosmos 2596
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
Russian Space Forces
Provider type
Government
Orbit
MEO
Mission type
Navigation
Launch site
Russia
Date
Sat, 13 Sep 2025 02:10:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#7061 ever
Mission
Glonass-K1 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. This launch also carries Mozhayets-6 (Kosmos 2596), a small experimental satellite built by the Mozhaiskiy Military Space Academy of St. Petersburg.
Deployed payloads · 1