Mission type Navigation COSPAR ID 2005-050B Spacecraft GC 713 Launch date 25 December 2005 | Operator Russian Space Forces SATCAT no. 28916 Spacecraft type Uragan-M | |
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Kosmos 2418 (Russian: Космос 2418 meaning Cosmos 2418) is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2005 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2417 and Kosmos 2419.
This satellite is a GLONASS-M satellite, also known as Uragan-M, and is numbered Uragan-M No. 713.
Kosmos 2417/8/9 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 05:07 UTC on 25 December 2005. The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2005-050B. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 28916.
It was the third orbital plane in orbital slot 24. It is no longer in the GLONASS constellation.