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COSMOS 2569 (703K)

Russian Navigation Satellite (GLONASS-K2, First of Generation) · Roscosmos / ISS Reshetnev

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Cosmos 2569 (GLONASS-K2 No. 13) made history on August 7, 2023 as the first satellite of an entirely new GLONASS generation — 70% heavier and carrying 170% more broadcasting power than the GLONASS-K satellites it succeeds. GLONASS-K2 finally gives Russia four simultaneous carrier signals in both the traditional FDMA format and the internationally compatible CDMA format, plus something none of its predecessors carried: a genuine search-and-rescue relay payload feeding into the international COSPAS-SARSAT system, letting a GLONASS-K2 satellite forward an emergency distress beacon signal the same way GPS and Galileo satellites already do.

Its orbit

Orbit
Medium Earth Orbita high vantage point, ideal for navigation
Altitude
11,877–11,905 mi (19,115–19,159 km)
Inclination
65.4°
One orbit
11.3 hours2.1 orbits a day
NORAD ID
57517
Int’l designator
2023-114A
Launched
2023

Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.

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