Kosmos 2402

Kosmos 2402
Mission type Navigation
Operator Russian Space Forces
COSPAR ID 2003-056B[1]
SATCAT № 28113[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft GC 794
Spacecraft type Uragan
Manufacturer Reshetnev ISS
Start of mission
Launch date December 10, 2003, 17:42 UTC
Rocket Proton-K/Briz-M[1]
Launch site Baikonur 81/24
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Medium Earth orbit[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 2402/3/4 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 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]

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.