Russian Space Forces

Glonass-K1 (Kosmos 2471)

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat

SUCCESS
Success

Saturday, February 26, 2011 · 03:07 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Navigation

Orbit

Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat

Variant: Fregat

Launch Pad

43/4 (43R)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

62.929° N, 40.457° E

265

Pad Launches

1578

Location Launches

81

Agency Launches

9

Orbital This Year

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