40315 - COSMOS 2501

Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the American GPS system, which consists of Uragan spacecraft. The operational system contains 21 satellites in 3 orbital planes, with 3 on-orbit spares. GLONASS provides 100 meters accuracy with its C/A (deliberately degraded) signals and 10-20 meter accuracy with its P (military) signals. The spacecraft also carries instrumentation of the KOSPAS-SARSAT international search-and-rescue system.

Alternate Names

Uragan-K1

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2014-11-30
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat
Launch Site: Plesetsk, Russia