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Kosmos 2494

Kosmos 2494

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Kosmos 2494 (Russian: Космос 2494 meaning Space 2494) is a Russian military satellite launched in 2014 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system.

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This satellite is a GLONASS-M satellite, also known as Uragan-M, and is numbered Uragan-M No. 754.[3]

Kosmos 2494 was launched from Site 43/4 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. A Soyuz-2-1b carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 22:54 UTC on 23 March 2014. The launch successfully placed the satellite into a Medium Earth orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2014-012A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 39620.[1]

The satellite is in orbital plane 3, in orbital slot 18.[4] As of April 2014 it remains in service.

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  1. [1]
    "LIVE REAL TIME SATELLITE TRACKING AND PREDICTIONS: COSMOS 2494 (GLONASS)". n2yo.com. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Glonass-M spacecraft launch". TsENKI. April 26, 2013. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
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    Stephen Clark (March 23, 2014). "Fresh Glonass navigation satellite launched by Russia". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  4. [4]
    "GLONASS constellation status, 27.03.2014". Information-analytical centre, Korolyov, Russia. March 27, 2014. Archived from the original on May 4, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2014.


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