Kosmos
2382, 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 2382 was the first Uragan M bus launched for the GLONASS
constellation.
| Kosmos
2382
|
|
SPACECRAFT
|
| Int'l Designation |
2001 053C
|
Launched
|
| Owner / Sponsor |
Russian
Defense Ministry / Coordination Scientific Information
Center (KNITs)
|
| Mission |
Navigation
|
| Constellation |
GLONASS
|
| Satellite bus /
article # |
Uragan
M
|
|
| Launch Mass |
1500
kg (3306 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 |
6
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
2381
|
|
FINANCIAL
|
| Satellite cost |
|
| Web Links |
GLONASS
Web Site
|
|
|
