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COSMOS 2534 (758)

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

Cosmos 2534, launched in 2019, is one of the more recent GLONASS-M satellites, part of the final wave of this generation before GLONASS-K satellites take over new constellation launches entirely — closing out a satellite design that, more than any other single piece of hardware, physically embodied Russia's recovery of its entire satellite navigation program from near-total 1990s collapse. GLONASS-K satellites, already flying alongside the last GLONASS-M spacecraft like this one, are gradually taking over new constellation launches entirely — a generational handoff expected to complete over the following decade as GLONASS-M satellites age out one by one.