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COSMOS 2514 (751)

Russian Navigation Satellite (GLONASS-M) · Russian Aerospace Forces

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Cosmos 2514, launched in 2016, is a GLONASS-M satellite maintaining Russia's restored global navigation constellation nearly three decades after the system's original Soviet-era design. Each new GLONASS-M launch has followed the same basic recovery pattern established in the 2000s: replace an aging satellite before it fails, keeping the constellation continuously above the minimum operational threshold. Each new GLONASS-M launch through the 2010s functioned as quiet insurance against ever repeating the system's 1990s near-collapse, when years without replacement launches let the constellation decay almost to the point of complete failure.

Its orbit

Orbit
Medium Earth Orbita high vantage point, ideal for navigation
Altitude
11,869–11,913 mi (19,101–19,172 km)
Inclination
65.0°
One orbit
11.3 hours2.1 orbits a day
NORAD ID
41330
Int’l designator
2016-008A
Launched
2016

Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 21 Sep 2026.

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