Uragan-M 15 to 17

A trio of GLONASS-M navigation satellites, including Cosmos-2442, launched from Baikonur aboard a Proton-M/DM-2 to fill orbital plane 2 of Russia's GLONASS constellation, the country's GPS equivalent.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

MEO

Medium Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

5.3 T

Flight

2nd

of 6 Proton-M DM-2 Enhanced flights

Date and time

25 September 2008, 08:49 UTC

Rocket

Proton-M DM-2 Enhanced

Builder

Khrunichev

Launch site

81/23 (81L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Payload

Navigation

International designator

2008-046

Launches in 2008

48th of 69

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