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Kosmos 2464

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Mission type
  
Navigation

COSPAR ID
  
2010-041C

Spacecraft
  
GC 736

Launch date
  
2 September 2010

Inclination
  
64.83°

Launch mass
  
1,415 kg

Operator
  
Russian Space Forces

SATCAT no.
  
37139

Spacecraft type
  
Uragan-M

Inclination
  
64.83°

Period
  
11 hours

Launch site
  
Baikonur Cosmodrome

Manufacturer
  
Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev

Kosmos 2464 (Russian: Космос 2464 meaning Cosmos 2464) 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 2465 and Kosmos 2466.

This satellite is a GLONASS-M satellite, also known as Uragan-M, and is numbered Uragan-M No. 736.

Kosmos 2464/5/6 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 05:49 UTC on 2 September 2010. The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2010-041C. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 27139.

It is in the second orbital plane of the GLONASS constellation, in orbital slot 9. It started operations on 4 October 2010.

References

Kosmos 2464 Wikipedia