Mission type | Navigation |
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Operator | Russian Space Forces |
COSPAR ID | 2003-056B [1] |
SATCAT no. | 28113 [1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | GC 794 |
Spacecraft type | Uragan |
Manufacturer | Reshetnev ISS |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | December 10, 2003, 17:42 (2003-12-10UTC17:42Z) UTC |
Rocket | Proton-K/Briz-M[1] |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 81/24 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Medium Earth orbit[2] |
Slot | 2 |
Kosmos 2402 (Russian: Космос 2402 meaning Cosmos 2402) is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2003 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2403 and Kosmos 2404.
This satellite is a GLONASS satellite, also known as Uragan, and is numbered Uragan No. 794.[1]
Kosmos 2402 / 2403 / 2404 were launched from Site 81/24atBaikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A Proton-K carrier rocket with a Blok DM upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 17:42 UTC on 10 December 2003. The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the International Designator 2003-056B. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 28113.[1]
It was in the first orbital plane in orbital slot 2. It is no longer part of the GLONASS constellation.[3][4]
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