Cosmos 2413

Launch data: Designation  28509 / 04053A Launch date  26 Dec 2004 Launch site  B, LC81/23 Launch vehicle  Proton-K/DM-2 Mission  Military: Navigation Commercial: GlobalPositioning Satellite type  Uragan-M #3 MEO Earth orbit on: Perigee / Apogee  19134 x 19141 km Eccentricity  1,37E-04 Inclination  64.8° Period  676.1 min

Mission details:

• New Glonass-M type; Russia's version of the GPS system, functions the same; there has been cooperation between the two; much scaled-back constellation
• 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. One of the satellites is an Uragan-M, no. 712, with an uprated Glonass-M payload, built by Reshetnev NPO-PM/Krasnoyarsk. 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.