GLONASS 79, GN 789 - Norad ID: 26988
| Spacetrack Directory Name | COSMOS 2381 [GLONASS] |
| Alternative name | GLONASS 79, GN 789 |
| Group | GLONASS |
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| Country/organisation of origin | Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS) |
| Starting point | TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan) |
| Type | Satellite |
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| Perigee | 19023 km |
| Apogee | 19236 km |
The COSMOS 2381 [GLONASS] satellite, also known as Kosmos-2381, was launched on December 1, 2001, from the Tymshchuk Site (TYMSC) using a Proton-K/DM-2 launch vehicle. It is part of the Uragan series and serves a navigation mission for its operator KVR/IACG. The satellite has a dry mass of 1,200 kilograms and a launch mass of 1,400 kilograms. Its dimensions include a length of 4 meters, diameter of 1.5 meters, and span of 7.8 meters due to deployable solar arrays. It is equipped with two deployable solar arrays and batteries for power. The satellite has a shape described as cylindrical with antennas and panels, and it was designed to operate for approximately three years in orbit.
satellite COSMOS 2381 [GLONASS] Date of exalting 01.12.2001y.