GLONASS (first-generation satellites)

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GLONASS[1]
ManufacturerProduction Corporation Polyot
DesignerISS Reshetnev, Grigory Chernyavsky
Country of originRussia
OperatorJSC «Navigation-Information Systems»
ApplicationsNavigation
Specifications
Bus3-Axis stabilized Uragan[2]
ConstellationGLONASS
Launch mass1,413 kg (3,115 lb)[1]
Power1000 W[1]
BatteriesNiH2[3]
Equipment2 Cs clocks[3]
FDMA signals: L1OF, L1SF and L2SF
Space Laser Ranging[3]
RegimeMEO
Design life3 years[1]
Production
StatusRetired
Built88
Launched88
Operational0
Retired82
Lost6
Maiden launch12 October 1982
Last launch25 December 2005
Last retirement30 April 2009
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GLONASS (Russian: ГЛОНАСС-М), also known as Uragan (Russian: Ураган) (GRAU Index 11F654) are the first generation of Uragan satellite used as part of the Russian GLONASS radio-based satellite navigation system. Developed by Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems, it had its debut launch on 12 October 1982, with the last launched unit on 25 December 2005 and the retirement of the last unit Kosmos 2403 on 30 April 2009. It has been superseded by the GLONASS-M (GRAU Index 11F654M), the second-generation satellites.

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