Kosmos 2464 ( meaning ''Cosmos 2464'') is one of a set of three

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n military

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s launched in 2010 as part of the

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satellite navigation system. It was launched with

Kosmos 2465 Kosmos 2465 ( meaning ''Cosmos 2465'') is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2010 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2464 and Kosmos 2466. This satellite is a GLONASS-M satel ...

and

Kosmos 2466 Kosmos 2466 ( meaning ''Cosmos 2466'') is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2010 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2465 and Kosmos 2464. This satellite is a GLONASS-M sat ...

. This satellite is a GLONASS-M satellite, also known as Uragan-M, and is numbered Uragan-M No. 736. Kosmos 2464/5/6 were launched from Site 81/24 at

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in Kazakhstan. A

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carrier rocket with a Blok DM upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 05:49 UTC on 2 September 2010. The launch successfully placed the satellites into

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. It subsequently received its

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designation, and the international designator 2010-041C. The

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assigned it the

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27139. It is in the second orbital plane of the GLONASS constellation, in orbital slot 9. It started operations on 4 October 2010.

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