Cosmos 2411

Launch data: Designation  28508 / 04053A Launch date  26 Dec 2004 - 13:53 UT Launch site  B, LC81/23 Launch vehicle  Proton-K/DM-2 Mission  GLONASS Navigation Satellite Satellite type  Uragan (#85) Perigee / Apogee  19100 / 19158 km Inclination  64.70° Period  11.26 h

Mission details:

• Three Russian navigation satellites in orbit plane 1 of the GLONASS system were launched on 26 Dec 2004 from Baikonur by a Krunichev Proton-K rocket (serial 410-09) with an Energiya Blok DM-2 (serial 11S861 No. 104L) upper stage. Two of the satellites are standard Uragan satellites built by Polyot/Omsk, nos. 796 and 797. This was the 33rd launch in the GLONASS program, and the third with an Uragan-M test flight. GLONASS is the Russian equivalent of the GPS system.