26 February 2011, 03:07 UTC
Glonass-K1 (Kosmos 2471)
Launched Kosmos 2471 from Plesetsk, the first satellite of the next-generation GLONASS-K series, offering improved accuracy and a longer 10-year design life over earlier GLONASS-M satellites.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 935 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 26 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat flights
- Date and time
- 26 February 2011, 03:07 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1b Fregat
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 2011-009
- Launches in 2011
- 9th of 84
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