GLONASS-M

GLONASS-M^[1]

Designer	ISS Reshetnev
Country of origin	Russia
Operator	JSC «Navigation-Information Systems»
Applications	Navigation
Specifications
Bus	3-Axis stabilized Uragan-M[2]
Constellation	GLONASS
Design life	7 years[1]
Launch mass	1,415 kg (3,120 lb)[1]
Power	1250 W[1]
Batteries	NiH2[3]
Equipment	3 Cs clocks[3] FDMA signals: L1OF, L1SF, L2OF and L2SF Space Laser Ranging[3]
Regime	MEO
Production
Built	61?
On order	61[1]
Launched	42
Operational	24
Retired	12
Lost	6
First launch	2003-12-10[1]
Related spacecraft
Derived from	GLONASS
← GLONASS GLONASS-K1 →

GLONASS-M (Russian: ГЛОНАСС-М), also known as Uragan-M (Russian: Ураган-М) (GRAU Index 11F654M and manufacturing code 14F113) are the second generation of Uragan satellite design used as part of the Russian GLONASS radio-based satellite navigation system. Developed by ISS Reshetnev (Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems), it had its debut launch in 2003, and is in the process of being phased out. Its production is expected to finish in 2015 and as of July, 2015, its last launch is expected in late 2017. It is an evolution of the previous Uragan (GRAU Index 11F654) second-generation satellites, improving accuracy, increasing power, extending the design life and adding the FDMA L2OF open signal.

Design

It used a 3-axis stabilized pressurized bus with two solar panels, a propulsion module and a payload module.^[4] At 1,415 kg (3,120 lb) these are just 2 kg (4.4 lb) heavier than the previous generation, but have 25% more power 1250 W, 230% more design life (7 years), an additional signal (L2OF) and generally improved accuracy.^[1] It uses an on-board computer based on a Russian microprocessor using the VAX 11/750 instruction set (the Angstrem K1839 (Russian Wikipedia)).^[5]

The Uragan-M are usually launched in trios, and due to the close distance, the radios of the thee would interfere with each other, meaning that the ground segment can only command one satellite at a time. Setting sun pointing attitude for power and then Earth pointing attitude for communications for a single unit takes about 5 hours. Since the radio contact window with ground control is between 4 to 6 hours, ground control can not control all spacecrafts in a single pass. The on-board computer in the Uragan-M can put the spacecraft in sun pointing mode autonomously, and does many of the start up processes so the ground segment can take control and process the Earth pointing mode.^[6]

The payload consists of L-Band navigation signals in 25 channels separated by 0.5625 MHz intervals in 2 frequency bands: 1602.5625 - 1615.5 MHz and 1240 - 1260 MHz. EIRP 25 to 27 dBW. Right hand circular polarized.^[7] It transmits the FDMA signals L1OF, L1SF, L2OF and L2SF, with the open L2OF being new to the Uragan series. It uses 3 Cs clocks with a clock stability of 1x10⁻¹³ (an 5x improvement over the 5x10⁻¹³ clock stability of the previous generation Uragan).^[3]

In 2011 ISS Reshetnev announced plans to include the new CDMA signal L3OC, first introduced on Glonass-K series, on Glonass-M satellites flown from 2014; these plans did not materialize.

History

The first generation Uragan spacecraft were created under ban of foreign radiation-hardened components and thus had been an inferior product with just 3 years of expected design life.^[8] Given the realized average life was just 22 months, and the fleet should have 24 spacecraft, it was necessary to launch more than 7 spacecraft per year to keep the fleet in good health.^[9] To this end, the Uragan-M was designed, with an increased design life of 7 years, thanks to the availability of ITAR controlled parts.^[10][11][12]

On December 1, 2001, a prototype might have been launched. Kosmos 2382 is identified by some sources as a Uragan-M, but the official documentation generally lists 2003 as the launch date of the first Uragan-M satellite.^{[1][3][13][14]} On December 10, 2003, the first operational Uragan-M was launched by a Proton-K/Briz-M from Baikonur along two Uragan Block IIv satellites. On December 26, 2004 the second operational Uragan-M was launched by a Proton-K/DM-2, also along two Uragan Block IIv satellites. And on December 25, 2005, two Uragan-M were launched along the last Uragan Block IIv satellites.^[13][14]

On December 25, 2006 launched the first trio of only Uragan-M. Two launches by late 2007 meant that six additional Uragan-M were added to the fleet. And another six were successfully launched in 2008. On September 12, 2008 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed RF Government Resolution on increasing GLONASS Program financing by 67 billion rubles.^[13][14] 2009 saw the launch of a single trio of Uragan-M, and with nine spacecraft planned for 2010, full service availability was expected. Regrettably, the third launch, on 5 December 2010, ended in failure, leaving no on-orbit spares.^[15]

On October 2, 2011, the first launch of single Uragan-M satellite was performed by a Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M which put Kosmos 2474 on orbit from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Another Proton-M launched trio and an additional Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M launch put the fleet at full operative capacity with 24 healthy satellites.^[16] On April 26, 2013 a Soyuz successfully orbited Kosmos 2485, but the Proton-M mission failed spectacularly taking with it a trio of Uragan-M.^[17] During 2014, two satellites were launched by Soyuz in March and June.

On a May 28, 2014 interview, Nikolay Testoyedov — president of ISS Reshetnev — stated that production of GLONASS-M would end in 2015, with GLONASS-K being exclusively produced after that final batch.^[18] In a December 14, 2014 interview with GPS World, he stated that while the original idea was to have just two GLONASS-K1 prototypes to be followed by the GLONASS-K2 production, the Western sanctions limited the supply of radiation resistant electronics. And thus, they had decided to launch an additional nine GLONASS-K1 as fleet replacement while they finished the GLONASS-K2 design.^[19] In a May, 2015 presentation, Mr. Testoyedov expected the last GLONASS-M to fly in late 2017.^[20] On July 30, 2015, ISS Reshetnev announced that it had completed the last GLONASS-M (N° 61) spacecraft and it was putting it in storage waiting for launch, along an additional eight already built satellites.^[21][22]

Uragan-M Launches

Satellite	Launch (UTC)	Carrier rocket	Launch site	Satellite type	Launch Block №	SC s/n	Orbital Plane	Slot	Retired	Remarks
Kosmos 2404	10 December 2003 13:53	Proton-K/Briz-M	Baikonur 81/24	M	32	701	I	6	18 June 2009	launched along 2 Uragan Block IIv (Kosmos 2402 and Kosmos 2403)
Kosmos 2413	26 December 2004 13:53	Proton-K/DM-2	Baikonur 200/39	M	33	712	I	8	22 November 2012	launched along 2 Uragan Block IIv (Kosmos 2411 and Kosmos 2412)
Kosmos 2418	25 December 2005 05:07	Proton-K/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	34	713	III	24	18 February 2010	launched along Kosmos 2419 and Uragan Block IIv Kosmos 2417
Kosmos 2419	25 December 2005 05:07	Proton-K/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	34	714	III	17	Operational	launched along Kosmos 2418 and Uragan Block IIv Kosmos 2417
Kosmos 2424	25 December 2006 20:18	Proton-K/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	35	715	II	14	Operational
Kosmos 2425	25 December 2006 20:18	Proton-K/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	35	716	II	15	Operational
Kosmos 2426	25 December 2006 20:18	Proton-K/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	35	717	II	10	Operational
Kosmos 2431	26 October 2007 07:35	Proton-K/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	36	718	III	17	20 October 2011
Kosmos 2432	26 October 2007 07:35	Proton-K/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	36	719	III	20	Operational
Kosmos 2433	26 October 2007 07:35	Proton-K/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	36	720	III	19	Operational
Kosmos 2434	25 December 2007 19:32	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	37	721	II	13	Operational
Kosmos 2435	25 December 2007 19:32	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	37	722	II	14	12 October 2011
Kosmos 2436	25 December 2007 19:32	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	37	723	II	11	Operational
Kosmos 2442	25 September 2008 08:49	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	38	724	III	18	12 February 2014
Kosmos 2443	25 September 2008 08:49	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	38	725	III	21	2 August 2014	In maintenance
Kosmos 2444	25 September 2008 08:49	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	38	726	III	22	28 November 2012
Kosmos 2447	25 December 2008 10:43	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	39	727	I	3	28 November 2012
Kosmos 2448	25 December 2008 10:43	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	39	728	I	2	16 October 2013
Kosmos 2449	25 December 2008 10:43	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	39	729	I	8	9 September 2012
Kosmos 2456	14 December 2009 10:38	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	40	730	I	1	Operational
Kosmos 2457	14 December 2009 10:38	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	40	733	I	6	Operational
Kosmos 2458	14 December 2009 10:38	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	40	734	I	5	Operational
Kosmos 2459	1 March 2010 21:19	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	41	731	III	22	Operational
Kosmos 2460	1 March 2010 21:19	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	41	732	III	23	Operational
Kosmos 2461	1 March 2010 21:19	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	41	735	III	24	Operational
Kosmos 2464	2 September 2010 00:53	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	42	736	II	9	Operational
Kosmos 2465	2 September 2010 00:53	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	42	737	II	12	Operational
Kosmos 2466	2 September 2010 00:53	Proton-M/DM-2	Baikonur 81/24	M	42	738	II	16	Operational
N/A	5 December 2010 10:25	Proton-M/DM-03	Baikonur 81/24	M	43	739			N/A	Failed to orbit
N/A	5 December 2010 10:25	Proton-M/DM-03	Baikonur 81/24	M	43	740			N/A	Failed to orbit
N/A	5 December 2010 10:25	Proton-M/DM-03	Baikonur 81/24	M	43	741			N/A	Failed to orbit
Kosmos 2474	2 October 2011 20:15	Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat	Plesetsk 43/4	M	45S	742	I	4	Operational
Kosmos 2475	4 November 2011 12:51	Proton-M/Briz-M	Baikonur 81/24	M	44	743	I	8	Operational
Kosmos 2476	4 November 2011 12:51	Proton-M/Briz-M	Baikonur 81/24	M	44	744	I	3	Operational
Kosmos 2477	4 November 2011 12:51	Proton-M/Briz-M	Baikonur 81/24	M	44	745	I	7	Operational
Kosmos 2478	28 November 2011 08:25	Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat	Plesetsk 43/4	M	46S	746	III	17	13 April 2015	Restored the system to fully operational for the first time since late 1995.
Kosmos 2485	26 April 2013 05:23	Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat	Plesetsk 43/4	M	47S	747	I	2	Operational
N/A	2 July 2013 02:38	Proton-M/DM-03	Baikonur 81/24	M	47	748			N/A	Failed to orbit
N/A	2 July 2013 02:38	Proton-M/DM-03	Baikonur 81/24	M	47	749			N/A	Failed to orbit
N/A	2 July 2013 02:38	Proton-M/DM-03	Baikonur 81/24	M	47	750			N/A	Failed to orbit
Kosmos 2494	23 March 2014 22:54	Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat	Plesetsk 43/4	M	48S	754	III	18	Operational
Kosmos 2500	14 June 2014 17:16	Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat	Plesetsk 43/4	M	49S	755	III	21	Operational
Kosmos 2514	7 February 2016 00:21	Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat	Plesetsk 43/4	M	50S	751	III	17	Operational

Satellites by version

Launched	Operational	Not usable	Retired	Launch Failures	Remarks
44	23	3	12	6	Launches continuing

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