Mission type Navigation COSPAR ID 2006-062B Spacecraft GC 717 Launch date 25 December 2006 | Operator Russian Space Forces SATCAT no. 29671 Spacecraft type Uragan-M | |
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Kosmos 2426 (Russian: Космос 2426 meaning Cosmos 2426) is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2006 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2424 and Kosmos 2425.
This satellite is a GLONASS-M satellite, also known as Uragan-M, and is numbered Uragan-M No. 717 .
Kosmos 2424/5/6 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 20:18 UTC on 25 December 2006. The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2006-062B. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 29671.
It is in the second orbital plane in orbital slot 10. It started operations on 3 April 2007.