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Mission type
  
COSPAR ID
  
2003-056C

Spacecraft
  
GC 795

Launch date
  
10 December 2003

Operator
  
Russian Space Forces

SATCAT no.
  
28114

Spacecraft type
  
Uragan

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Kosmos 2403 (Russian: Космос 2403 meaning Cosmos 2403) is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2003 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2402 and Kosmos 2404.

This satellite is a GLONASS satellite, also known as Uragan, and is numbered Uragan No. 795.

Kosmos 2402/3/4 were launched from Site 81/24 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A Proton-K carrier rocket with a Blok DM upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 17:42 UTC on 10 December 2003. The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2003-056C. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 28114.

It was in the first orbital plane in orbital slot 4. It is no longer part of the GLONASS constellation.

References

Kosmos 2403 Wikipedia


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