GLONASS-M 15, GN 724 - Norad ID: 33378
| Spacetrack Directory Name | COSMOS 2442 (GLONASS) |
| Alternative name | GLONASS-M 15, GN 724 |
| Group | GLONASS |
| Follow COSMOS 2442 (GLONASS) | COSMOS 2442 (GLONASS) Tracker |
| Group follow GLONASS | Tracker GLONASS |
| Pass predictions COSMOS 2442 (GLONASS) | Pass predictions COSMOS 2442 (GLONASS) |
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| Days in orbit | 6549 |
| Country/organisation of origin | Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS) |
| Starting point | TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan) |
| Type | Satellite |
| Categories | |
| Perigee | 19081 km |
| Apogee | 19178 km |
| Orbit slope (inclination) | 65.42° |
| Laps per day | 2 |
| Height COSMOS 2442 (GLONASS) | 19138.1 km |
The COSMOS 2442 [GLONASS-M], also known as Kosmos-2442, is a Russian navigation satellite launched on September 25, 2008, from the Tyuratam Space Center (TYMSC) using Proton-M/DM-2 launch vehicle. The satellite features a 3-Axis stabilized Uragan-M bus and has dimensions of 4 meters in length with a diameter of 1.5 meters and spans 7.8 meters when its solar arrays are deployed. It weighs approximately 1,450 kilograms at launch, reducing to 1,200 kilograms after deployment, with power supplied by two deployable solar arrays and batteries. The satellites mission is navigation, and it was designed and manufactured by RESH for a seven-year operational lifetime. Its main payload is the Uragan-M No. 24L system, operated by KVR/IACG.
satellite COSMOS 2442 (GLONASS) Date of exalting 25.09.2008y. Average height of ISS COSMOS 2442 (GLONASS) hundred 19138.1 km. Average velocity COSMOS 2442 (GLONASS) is 14231.01 km/h. Inclination COSMOS 2442 (GLONASS) satellite 65.42°.