Kosmos
2381, one of 3 multiple-manifested GLONASS satellites, was launched from Baikonur
Cosmodrome at 1804 UTC on December 1 on a Proton K/DM-2. The 1415
kg (3120 lbm) Global'naya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema
(GLONASS, Global Navigation Satellite System) satellite was
designed by NPO Prikladnoy Mekhaniki, Zheleznogorsk, and built by
the Polet Production Association, Omsk.
| Kosmos
2381
|
|
SPACECRAFT
|
| Int'l Designation |
2001 053B
|
Launched
|
| Owner / Sponsor |
Russian
Defense Ministry / Coordination Scientific Information
Center (KNITs)
|
| Mission |
Navigation
|
| Constellation |
GLONASS
|
| Satellite bus /
article # |
Uragan
|
11F654
|
| Launch Mass |
1415
kg (3120 lbm)
|
| Dimensions, stowed |
Planar
square: 1.2 x 1.2 m (47.2 x 47.2 in)
|
| Mission Orbit |
MEO
-
19,100 km (10,313 nmi) circular
|
64.8°
|
| Design Life |
3
- 5 years
|
| Power (EOL) |
|
|
LAUNCH
|
| Launch Vehicle
Model |
Proton
K/DM-2 |
| Date / Time (UTC) |
2001
December 1
|
18:04
|
| Co-passenger(s) |
Kosmos
2380
|
| |
Kosmos
2382
|
|
FINANCIAL
|
| Satellite cost |
|
| Web Links |
GLONASS
Web Site
|
|
|
