Kosmos 2402 ( meaning ''Cosmos 2402'') is one of a set of three

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n military

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s launched in 2003 as part of the

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satellite navigation system. It was launched with

Kosmos 2403 Kosmos 2403 ( meaning ''Cosmos 2403'') is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2003 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2402 and Kosmos 2404. This satellite is a GLONASS satelli ...

and

Kosmos 2404 Kosmos 2404 ( meaning ''Cosmos 2404'') is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2003 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2402 and Kosmos 2403. This satellite is the first GLONAS ...

. This satellite is a GLONASS satellite, also known as Uragan, and is numbered Uragan No. 794. Kosmos 2402 / 2403 / 2404 were launched from Site 81/24 at

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in Kazakhstan. A

Proton-K The Proton-K, also designated Proton 8K82K after its GRAU index or SL-12 after its model number, was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81/23, 8 ...

carrier rocket with a Blok DM upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 17:42 UTC on 10 December 2003. The launch successfully placed the satellites into

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. It subsequently received its

Kosmos Cosmos generally refers to an orderly or harmonious system. Cosmos or Kosmos may also refer to: Space * ''Cosmos 1'', a privately funded solar sail spacecraft project * Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS), a Hubble Space Telescope Treasury Project ...

designation, and the International Designator 2003-056B. The

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assigned it the

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28113. It was in the first orbital plane in orbital slot 2. It is no longer part of the GLONASS constellation.

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