NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cosmos 2492

Launch Time
Sun Mar 23, 2014 22:54 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Image Credit: Roscosmos
VKS RF
Status: Active
Price: $25.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 4,550 kN
Payload to LEO: 7,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,250 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 46.94 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.11 m
Fairing Height: 11.43 m

Mission Details

Cosmos 2492

GLONASS-M (Russian: ГЛОНАСС-М), also known as Uragan-M (Russian: Ураган-М) are the second generation of Uragan satellite design used as part of the Russian GLONASS radio-based satellite navigation system.

Payloads: 1
Medium Earth Orbit

Location

Site 43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

2014

12th orbital launch attempt

Soyuz 2.1b

15th mission
1st mission of 2014
14th successful mission
7th consecutive successful mission