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Mission type
  
Navigation

COSPAR ID
  
2010-007C

Spacecraft
  
GC 732

Launch date
  
1 March 2010

Inclination
  
64.77°

Launch mass
  
1,415 kg

Operator
  
Russian Space Forces

SATCAT no.
  
36402

Spacecraft type
  
Uragan-M

Inclination
  
64.77°

Period
  
11 hours

Launch site
  
Baikonur Cosmodrome

Manufacturer
  
Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev

Kosmos 2460 (Russian: Космос 2460 meaning Cosmos 2460) is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2010 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2459 and Kosmos 2461

This satellite is a GLONASS-M satellite, also known as Uragan-M, and is numbered Uragan-M No. 732.

Kosmos 2459/60/61 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 21:19 UTC on 1 March 2010. The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2010-007C. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 36402.

It is in the third orbital plane of the GLONASS constellation, in orbital slot 23. It started operations on 28 March 2010.

References

Kosmos 2460 Wikipedia