COSMOS 2346

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COSMOS 2346 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 24953

Int'l Code: 1997-052A

Perigee: 942.1 km

Apogee: 1,001.7 km

Inclination: 82.9 °

Period: 104.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 7342 km

RCS: 2.112 m² (large)

Launch date: September 23, 1997
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

Cosmos 2346 was part of a 6-satellite Russian military navigation system distributed in orbital planes spaced 30 degrees apart, and launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome aboard a Cosmos rocket. Navigation information was derived from Doppler-shifted VHF transmissions (approximately 150 and 400 MHz) of the satellite position and orbital data. By acquiring fixes from several satellite, a user's location could be calculated with an accuracy of 100 m. The time needed to ascertain a position was dependent upon the user's latitude and the number of operational spacecraft in orbit. Normally, accurate location determination could be made within 1-2 hours.

1 24953U 97052A   24325.59773247  .00000117  00000-0  97089-4 0  9992
2 24953  82.9242  56.7357 0040638 134.8400 296.1291 13.79753610367622

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC