Russian Aerospace Defence ForcesRokot/Briz-KM133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
3 x Strela-3M (Kosmos-2488, Kosmos-2489, Kosmos-2490) & Kosmos-2491
Launched
December 25, 2013
Image: ESA/Stephane Corvaja
Summary
Strela-3M (Kosmos 2488, 2489, 2490) & Kosmos 2491 launched on a Russian Aerospace Defence Forces Rokot/Briz-KM from 133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on December 25, 2013. It was Russian Aerospace Defence Forces's 9th launch, 5th this year and humanity's 5,347th orbital launch attempt. It was the 20th Rokot/Briz-KM flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Kosmos-2488, one of 56 catalogued objects, reached a 1,477 × 1,516 km orbit inclined 82.5°. 56 objects from this launch are catalogued, 4 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Rokot/Briz-KM · Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 20th Rokot/Briz-KM flight · 4th this yearRussian Aerospace Defence Forces's 9th launch5th this yearhumanity's 5,347th orbital launch attempt79th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Kosmos-2488 · NORAD 39483 · 2013-076 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 56 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2013-076A
- Epoch
- 2013-12-25 01:58:53 UTC
- Mean motion
- 12.44091681 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0025
- Inclination
- 82.4956°
- Ascending node
- 128.7384°
- Arg. of perigee
- 298.5714°
- Mean anomaly
- 61.2618°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.0001
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
56 catalogued: 4 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 51 debris; 56 still in orbit
- Kosmos-2488 · NORAD 39483 · in orbit
- Kosmos-2489 · NORAD 39484 · in orbit
- Kosmos-2490 · NORAD 39485 · in orbit
- Kosmos-2491 · NORAD 39497 · in orbit
Briz-KM No. 72520 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Three Strela-3M (Rodnik) military store-and-forward communications satellites launched on a Rokot together with Kosmos 2491, an undisclosed small satellite that was later observed manoeuvring in orbit.
Pad
133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
148th launch from 133/3 (133L), 4th this year · 1,592nd from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
159 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
32 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Strela-3M (Kosmos 2488, 2489, 2490) & Kosmos 2491 launch?
Strela-3M (Kosmos 2488, 2489, 2490) & Kosmos 2491 launched on December 25, 2013. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Strela-3M (Kosmos 2488, 2489, 2490) & Kosmos 2491?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Strela-3M (Kosmos 2488, 2489, 2490) & Kosmos 2491?
Rokot/Briz-KM, flown by Russian Aerospace Defence Forces. Rokot/Briz-KM spec sheet
Where did Strela-3M (Kosmos 2488, 2489, 2490) & Kosmos 2491 launch from?
133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Strela-3M (Kosmos 2488, 2489, 2490) & Kosmos 2491 reach?
Kosmos-2488, one of 56 catalogued objects, reached a 1,477 × 1,516 km orbit inclined 82.5°.
How many satellites did Strela-3M (Kosmos 2488, 2489, 2490) & Kosmos 2491 launch?
4 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 4 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).