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NORAD 20026· COSPAR 1989-039C· Active satellite· Science & Relay· MEO
GLONASS satellite (representative)
Representative GLONASS image · Patrick G. · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Live · TLE epoch 2026-06-09 23:53 UTC
Orbit class
MEO — Medium Earth (2,000–30,000 km, e.g. GPS / Galileo)
Operator
Russia / Soviet Union (military)
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
Launched
May 31, 1989
Mass
Apogee
19,181 km
Perigee
19,076 km
Inclination
64.94°
Period
11.26 h
Launch
Launched on May 31, 1989 from 200/40, Kazakhstan aboard a Proton K/DM-2.
Proton | Uragan 34 & 35
Part of the GLONASS constellation · this satellite is one of 636

Russian satellite navigation system. ~24 active sats in MEO at ~19,100 km.

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