GLONASS-K

GLONASS-K
Model of Glonass-K satellite at CeBIT 2011
ManufacturerISS Reshetnev
Country of originRussia
OperatorJSC «Navigation-Information systems»
ApplicationsNavigation
Specifications
BusEkspress-1000K
Launch mass935 kg
Power1600 watts
BatteriesNiH2
EquipmentFDMA signals:
L1OF, L1SF, L2OF and L2SF
CDMA signals: L3OC
RegimeMedium Earth orbit (MEO)
Design life10 years (planned)
Production
StatusIn production
On order7 [1]
Built5
Launched5
Operational3
Retired1
Maiden launch26 February 2011
Last launch10 October 2022
Related spacecraft
Derived fromGLONASS-M
← GLONASS-M GLONASS-K2

GLONASS-K is the latest satellite design intended as a part of the Russian GLONASS radio-based satellite navigation system. Developed by ISS Reshetnev (Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev) and first launched on 26 February 2011, it is a substantial improvement of the previous GLONASS-M second-generation satellites, having a longer lifespan and better accuracy.

  1. ^ "В ближайшие 15 лет запустят 46 спутников системы ГЛОНАСС" [46 GLONASS satellites will be launched in the next 15 years] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.