Engineering:Kosmos 2484
| Mission type | Communications |
|---|---|
| Operator | VKO |
| COSPAR ID | 2013-001C |
| SATCAT no. | 39059 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Strela-3M |
| Manufacturer | Reshetnev ISS[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | January 15, 2013, 16:24 UTC |
| Rocket | Rokot/Briz-KM[2] |
| Launch site | Plesetsk 133/3[1] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
Kosmos 2484 (Russian: Космос 2484 meaning Cosmos 2484) is a Russian military store-dump communications satellite launched in 2013, together with Kosmos 2483 and Kosmos 2482.
This satellite is a Strela-3M/Rodnik satellite, a modification of the civilian Gonets satellites.[3]
Kosmos 2484 was launched from site 133/3 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. A rokot carrier rocket with a Briz-KM upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 16:24 UTC on 15 January 2013. The launch successfully placed the satellite into low Earth orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2013-001C. The United States Strategic Command (the successor of the United States Space Command) assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 39059.[3][4][5]
The launch was postponed from 8 December 2012 and was the first launch of a Rokot since the 28 July 2012 launch of Kosmos 2481, another Rodnik.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Strela-3M (14F132)". Gunter Dirk Krebs. 2012. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/strela-3m.htm.
- ↑ Testoyedov, Nikolay (2015-05-18). "Space Navigation in Russia: History of Development". http://www.unoosa.org/pdf/sap/2015/RussiaGNSS/Presentations/1.pdf.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "2013-001". Zarya. n.d.. http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Launches/Launches.php?year=2013#19.
- ↑ "Trio of Russian military satellites launched by Rockot". Spaceflight Now. 2013-01-15. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1301/15rockot/.
- ↑ "Russia replenishes classified satellite network". Russian Space Web. 2013-01-17. http://www.russianspaceweb.com/rodnik.html.
- ↑ "Rodnik military communications satellites". https://www.russianspaceweb.com/rodnik.html.
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