Russian Space Forces
Glonass-K1 No. 23 (Kosmos 2619)
SUCCESS
✓ Mission success
On 24 AUG · 02:40 UTC 2026, Soyuz 2.1b Fregat delivered Glonass-K1 No. 23 (Kosmos 2619) to Medium Earth Orbit.
- T-0 (flown)
- 24 AUG · 02:40 UTC
- Window
- Instantaneous
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1b Fregat
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Pad
- 43/3 (43L) · Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Glonass-K1 No. 23 (Kosmos 2619)
- Orbit
- Medium Earth OrbitMEO
Mission
Glonass-K are the third generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the similar GPS and Galileo systems. This generation improves on accuracy, power consumption and design life. Each satellite is unpressurized and weighs 935 kg, and has an operational lifetime of 10 years.