Launch SuccessfulKhrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Proton-M/DM-2 Enhanced: 3 x Glonass-M (Kosmos 2464, Kosmos 2465, Kosmos 2466)

Name: Proton-M/DM-2 Enhanced: 3 x Glonass-M (Kosmos 2464, Kosmos 2465, Kosmos 2466)
Start: 2010-09-02T00:53:43Z
End: 2010-09-02T00:53:43Z
Location: 81/24 (81P)

Glonass-M, also known as Uragan-M, are the second generation of Uragan satellite design used for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the similar GPS and Galileo systems. This generation improves on accuracy, power consumption and design life. Each satellite weighs 1415 kg, is equipped with 12 L-band antennas, and has an operational lifetime of 7 years.

Thursday, 2 September 2010

Proton-M/DM-2 Enhanced: 3 x Glonass-M (Kosmos 2464, Kosmos 2465, Kosmos 2466)

Mission Data

🇷🇺Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterEst. 1916

Launch VehicleProton-M DM-2 Enhanced

Vehicle FamilyProton / UR-500

Vehicle Record6 of 6 launches (100%)

Provider TypeGovernment

Agency Record178 successes / 15 failures (92%)

Success Streak4 consecutive

ProgramGLONASS · Navigation Constellation

Mission TypeNavigation

Target OrbitMedium Earth Orbit

Launch Pad81/24 (81P)

Location🇰🇿 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan KAZ

Orbital Launches This Year#43

Agency Launches This Year#3

Launches From This Pad93

Launches From This Site1,565

Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Launch Site

81/24 (81P) · 46.0710°N 62.9850°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.