Spacecraft information: COSMOS 2478

Launch Details
Launched 27 November 2011
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR)
NORAD ID 37938
COSPAR ID 2011-071A
Alternative names GLONASS-M
GLONASS-M 34
GN 746
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 65.431°
Eccentricity 0.00176
RA ascending node 20.878 hr
Argument perigee 217.378°
Mean anomaly 141.780°
Orbital period 676.007 min
Epoch of osculation 06 Aug 2026, 04:29

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 19099.0 km
Mean Altitude 19143.9 km
Peak Altitude 19188.8 km

Launched alongside

FREGAT R/B

Orbital History

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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