GLONASS 15 - Norad ID: 16962
| Spacetrack Directory Name | COSMOS 1779 (GLONASS) |
| Alternative name | GLONASS 15 |
| Group | GLONASS |
| Follow COSMOS 1779 (GLONASS) | COSMOS 1779 (GLONASS) Tracker |
| Group follow GLONASS | Tracker GLONASS |
| Pass predictions COSMOS 1779 (GLONASS) | Pass predictions COSMOS 1779 (GLONASS) |
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| Days in orbit | 14614 |
| Country/organisation of origin | Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS) |
| Starting point | TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan) |
| Type | Satellite |
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| Perigee | 19102 km |
| Apogee | 19157 km |
| Orbit slope (inclination) | 64.96° |
| Laps per day | 2 |
| Height COSMOS 1779 (GLONASS) | 19138.87 km |
COSMOS 1779 [GLONASS], also known as Kosmos-1779, is a Navigation satellite launched by the Soviet Union on September 16, 1986, from Tyuratam Site (TYMSC) using a Proton-K/DM-2 launch vehicle. The spacecraft measures 4 meters in length with a diameter of 1.5 meters and has a span of 7.8 meters due to its solar arrays. It features a dry mass of 1200 kilograms and had a launch mass of 1300 kilograms. Equipped with two deployable solar arrays and batteries for power, the satellites primary purpose is navigation. Its configuration includes three-axis stabilization and it was manufactured by OAZ (Ozerskaya Avtomaticheskaya Zavod). The satellite has an operational lifetime of approximately 3 years.
satellite COSMOS 1779 (GLONASS) Date of exalting 16.09.1986y. Average height of ISS COSMOS 1779 (GLONASS) hundred 19138.87 km. Average velocity COSMOS 1779 (GLONASS) is 14230.69 km/h. Inclination COSMOS 1779 (GLONASS) satellite 64.94°.