Kosmos 2395

Kosmos 2395
Mission type Navigation
Operator Russian Space Forces
COSPAR ID 2002-060C[1]
SATCAT № 27619[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft GC 792
Spacecraft type Uragan
Manufacturer Reshetnev ISS
Start of mission
Launch date December 25, 2002, 07:37 UTC
Rocket Proton-K/DM-2M[1]
Launch site Baikonur 81/23
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Medium Earth orbit[2]

Kosmos 2395 (Russian: Космос 2395 meaning Cosmos 2395) is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2002 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2394 and Kosmos 2396.

This satellite is a GLONASS satellite, also known as Uragan, and is numbered Uragan No. 792.[1]

Kosmos 2394/5/6 were launched from Site 81/23 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 07:37 UTC on 25 December 2002. The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2002-060C. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 27619.[1]

It was in the third orbital plane in orbital slot 21. It is no longer part of the GLONASS constellation.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  2. ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Glonass". Russian Forces. 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  4. ↑ "GLONASS constellation status, 03.05.2013". Information-analytical centre, Korolyov, Russia. 2013-05-03. Retrieved 2013-05-03.