Cosmos 2432, Cosmos 2433 and Cosmos 2434 are three craft to join the Russian GLONASS fleet of navigational satellites. They were launched by a Proton-K rocket from Baikonur at 7:35 UT on 26 October 2007. The launch had been delayed until Kazakhstan lifted the ban on Proton launches after the explosion of a Proton-M (on 6 September), spilled 219 tonnes of toxic heptyl fuel. The GLONASS fleet was completed in 2008, expanded to 24 satellites from the then-current 13, to become fully operational at all hours of a day.
Alternate Names
Glonass 719
Glonass 720
Glonass 721
Facts in Brief
Launch Date: 2007-10-26
Launch Vehicle: Proton-K
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan