Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | VKO |
COSPAR ID | 2013-001C |
SATCAT no. | 39059 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Strela-3M |
Manufacturer | Reshetnev ISS |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | January 15, 2013, 16:24 (2013-01-15UTC16:24Z) UTC |
Rocket | Rokot/Briz-KM |
Launch site | Plesetsk 133/3 |
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.
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.
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.
See also
References
- ^ "Strela-3M (14F132)". Gunter Dirk Krebs. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- Testoyedov, Nikolay (2015-05-18). "Space Navigation in Russia: History of Development" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
- ^ "2013-001". Zarya. n.d. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
- "Trio of Russian military satellites launched by Rockot". Spaceflight Now. 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
- "Russia replenishes classified satellite network". Russian Space Web. 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
- "Rodnik military communications satellites". russianspaceweb.com. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
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