Kosmos 2485 Explained

Kosmos 2485
Mission Type:Navigation
Operator:Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
Website:GLONASS status
Cospar Id:2013-019A
Satcat:39155
Spacecraft:GLONASS No. 747
Spacecraft Type:Uragan-M
Manufacturer:Reshetnev ISS
Dry Mass:250 kg
Dimensions: diameter
Launch Date: UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat
Launch Site:Plesetsk 43/4
Launch Contractor:Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Medium Earth orbit
Orbit Inclination:64.74 degrees
Orbit Eccentricity:0.0064
Orbit Period:683.87 minutes
Apsis:gee

Kosmos 2485 (Russian: Космос 2485 meaning Space 2485) is a Russian military satellite launched in 2013 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system.

This satellite is a GLONASS-M satellite, also known as Uragan-M, and is numbered Uragan-M No. 747.

Kosmos 2485 was launched from Site 43/4 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. A Soyuz-2-1b carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 05:23 UTC on 26 April 2013. The launch successfully placed the satellite into Medium Earth orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2013-019A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 39155.

The satellite is in orbital plane 1, in orbital slot 2.

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References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2013-019. Zarya. n.d.. 2013-04-28.
  2. Web site: Space Navigation in Russia: History of Development . Testoyedov . Nikolay . 2015-05-18 . 2015-07-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150716083821/http://www.unoosa.org/pdf/sap/2015/RussiaGNSS/Presentations/1.pdf . 2015-07-16 .
  3. Web site: Russia Launches New GLONASS-M Satellite. Ria Novosti. 2013-04-26. 2013-04-28.
  4. Web site: GLONASS constellation status, 03.05.2013. Information-analytical centre, Korolyov, Russia. 2013-05-03. 2013-05-03. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130504220156/http://www.glonass-ianc.rsa.ru/en/GLONASS/. 2013-05-04.