Kosmos 2468

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Kosmos 2468
Mission type communications satellite
Operator VKS
COSPAR ID 2010-043C
SATCAT № 37154
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki (NPO PM)[1]
Launch mass 225 kilograms (496 lb)[1]
Start of mission
Launch date 8 September 2010, 03:30 (2010-09-08UTC03:30Z) UTC
Rocket Rokot/Briz-KM
Launch site Plesetsk 133/3
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth Orbit
Perigee 1,509 kilometres (938 mi)[2]
Apogee 1,498 kilometres (931 mi)[2]
Inclination 82.4 degrees[2]
Period 116.06 minutes

Kosmos 2468 (Russian: Космос 2468 meaning Cosmos 2468) is a Russian military communications satellite which was launched in 2010 by the Russian Space Forces. It was launched with Kosmos 2467 and a Gonets-M civilian communication satellite.

Launch

Kosmos 2468 was launched from Site 133/3 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. It was launched by a Rockot carrier rocket with a Briz-KM upper stage at 03:30 UTC on its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2010-043C. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 37154.[2]

Strela-3 and Rodnik

Kosmos 2468 and Kosmos 2467 are Strela-3 communications satellite. One of them is a Strela-3, and one is a Strela-3M. It is not known which is which.[1] They are described as store-dump communications satellites which receive information from the ground when they pass overhead, and store that information until they pass over the ground station they deliver the information to.[3]:{{{3}}} The satellites are in low earth orbit going round the earth every 116 minutes.[2][4] A full deployment of Strela-3 craft should consist of twelve satellites.[3]:{{{3}}} One satellite has the GRAU index of 17F13, as a Strela-3, and the other has a GRAU index of 17F132 as a Strela-3M.[1][5]

Strela-3 has a civilian variant called Gonets which is used by the Russian government for communication in remote areas. It can take between two minutes and six hours to deliver messages.[6]

The previous satellites of this class, Kosmos 2451, Kosmos 2452 and Kosmos 2453 were launched together in July 2009.[5][7]

See also

References

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