Mission type Navigation COSPAR ID 2009-070C Spacecraft GC 734 Inclination 64.81° Period 11 hours Launch mass 1,415 kg Launch site Baikonur Cosmodrome | Operator Russian Space Forces SATCAT no. 36113 Spacecraft type Uragan-M Inclination 64.81° Launch mass 1,415 kg Launch date 14 December 2009 | |
Kosmos 2458 (Russian: Космос 2458 meaning Cosmos 2458) is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2009 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2456 and Kosmos 2457.
This satellite is a GLONASS-M satellite, also known as Uragan-M, and is numbered Uragan-M No. 734.
Kosmos 2456/7/8 were launched from Site 81/24 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A Proton-M carrier rocket with a Blok DM upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 10:38 UTC on 14 December 2009. The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2009-070C. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Numbers 36113.
It is in the first orbital plane of the GLONASS constellation, in orbital slot 5. It started operations on 10 January 2010.