| Globus-1M No.12L | |
| Mission Type: | Military communication |
| Operator: | VKS |
| Cospar Id: | 2010-002A |
| Satcat: | 36358 |
| Mission Duration: | 5 years planned |
| Spacecraft Type: | Raduga-1M |
| Manufacturer: | JSC-ISS |
| Launch Date: | UTC |
| Launch Site: | Baikonur 81/24 |
| Orbit Epoch: | 24 December 2013, 14:15:48 UTC[1] |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
| Orbit Regime: | Geostationary |
| Orbit Periapsis: | 35780km (22,230miles) |
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 35805km (22,248miles) |
| Orbit Inclination: | 0.00 degrees |
| Orbit Period: | 23.93 hours |
| Orbit Longitude: | 70° East |
| Apsis: | gee |
Globus-1M #12L or No.12L (Russian: Глобус-1М meaning Globe-1M), also known as Raduga-1M 2 (Russian: Радуга-1М meaning Rainbow-1M) is a Russian military communications satellite which is operated by the Russian Space Forces. It was the second Raduga-1M satellite to be launched – the first being Globus-1M #11L which was launched in 2008, and forms part of the Raduga satellite system. It is positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 70 degrees East.
Globus-1M #12L was built by JSC Information Satellite Systems, and is equipped with multiple transponders broadcasting centimetre-band and decimetre-band signals.[2] It was launched by the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Centre, using a Proton-M carrier rocket with a Briz-M upper stage. The launch occurred at 00:18:00 GMT on 28 January 2010, from Site 81/24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.[3] The launch was successful, and inserted the satellite directly into geosynchronous orbit.[4] At launch the satellite had a mass of, with an expected operational lifespan of around 5 years.[5]
It is currently in a geostationary orbit, with an apogee of, a perigee of, zero degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 24 hours.[5]