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Kosmos 2426

Russian navigation satellite

Field	Value
name	Kosmos 2426
image	Glonass-M small. CeBIT 2011 Samstag PD 110.jpg
mission_type	Navigation
operator	Russian Space Forces
COSPAR_ID	2006-062B
SATCAT	29671
spacecraft	GC 717
spacecraft_type	Uragan-M
manufacturer	Reshetnev ISS
launch_mass	1415 kg
dimensions	1.3 m diameter
power	1540 watts
launch_date	UTC
launch_rocket	Proton-K/DM-2
launch_site	Baikonur, Site 81/24
entered_service	3 April 2007
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Medium Earth orbit
orbit_slot	10
apsis	gee
programme	GLONASS (satellites)
previous_mission	Kosmos 2425
next_mission	Kosmos 2431
programme2	Kosmos (satellites)
previous_mission2	Kosmos 2425
next_mission2	Kosmos 2427

Kosmos 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. It was assigned GLONASS-M №17 number by the manufacturer and 717 by the Ground Control.

Kosmos 2424 / 2425 / 2426 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.

References

(14 November 2006). "Спутниковая система ГЛОНАСС – основа единой системы координатно–временного обеспечения Российской Федерации". [[Space Research Institute]].
(8 July 2015). "ИСТОРИЯ СОСТОЯНИЯ ОРБИТАЛЬНОЙ ГРУППИРОВКИ ГЛОНАСС". glonass-svoevp.ru.
Testoyedov, Nikolay. (2015-05-18). "Space Navigation in Russia: History of Development".
McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page.
McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page.
(2013-05-01). "Glonass". Russian Forces.
(2013-05-03). "GLONASS constellation status, 03.05.2013". Information-analytical centre, Korolyov, Russia.

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