COSMOS 2478 (GLONASS)

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COSMOS 2478 (GLONASS) is classified as:

Glonass Constellation

NORAD ID: 37938

Int'l Code: 2011-071A

Perigee: 19,098.2 km

Apogee: 19,189.7 km

Inclination: 65.8 °

Period: 676.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 25514 km

RCS: 3.1623 m² (large)

Launch date: November 28, 2011
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

COSMOS 2478 is a Glonass M satellite. The Glonass system broadcasts navigation signals to Russian military and civilian users around the world. It is Russia's counterpart to the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System. Glonass M satellites are built by ISS Reshetnev and designed to function for seven years. COSMOS 2478 will join a network of spacecraft at nearly full capacity. Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, reported 23 Glonass satellites were operational as of Nov. 28, 2011.

1 37938U 11071A   24325.28174528 -.00000054  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 37938  65.7662 334.1689 0017915 224.8493 132.6274  2.13015438100916

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC