Q: What is the purpose of Kosmos 2559?

A: Kosmos 2559 is a navigation satellite designed to provide global positioning and timing services as part of Russia's GLONASS constellation, similar to GPS or Galileo.

Q: When was Kosmos 2559 launched?

A: It was launched on October 10, 2022, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia.

Q: What type of satellite is Kosmos 2559?

A: It is a GLONASS-K satellite, a modernized version of Russia's GLONASS navigation satellites.

Q: Who operates Kosmos 2559?

A: The satellite is operated by the Russian Space Forces.

Q: What rocket launched Kosmos 2559?

A: It was launched using a Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a Fregat space tug.

Kosmos 2559

Russian GLONASS navigation satellite

Vehicle glonass_k Q135496551

Facts

20 properties

Instance of: GLONASS-K
Country: Russia^[2]
Follows: Kosmos 2557^[4]
Followed by: Kosmos 2595^[5]
Launch date: 2022-10-10
Part of: GLONASS, Kosmos^[7]^[8]
Country of origin: Russia^[10]
Launch vehicle: Soyuz-2.1b
Manufacturer: JSC Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev^[6]
Mass: 962 kg^[18]
Operator: Russian Space Forces^[3]
Powered by: spacecraft solar array^[11]
Satellite of: medium Earth orbit
Significant event: rocket launch^[15]
Space launch vehicle: Soyuz-2.1b^[9]
Space tug: Fregat^[16]
Spacecraft bus: Ekspress-1000K^[14]
Start point: Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43/4^[17]
Type of orbit: medium Earth orbit^[12]
UTC date of spacecraft launch: October 10, 2022^[13]

🏷️ Also known as

en Cosmos 2559 en GLONASS-K 17L en Kosmos 2559 en Uragan-K1 No. 17L en Uragan-K #5 en Uragan-K 5 ru Космос-2559

🔖 Identifiers · 3

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Glonass K Navigation Spacecraft model at Cebit 2011 Satellite, general view from the right (modified).jpg ↗
COSPAR ID: 2022-130A
SCN: 54031

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🔗 Connections

Part of 3

GLONASS, Kosmos, GLONASS

Belongs to 1

GLONASS-K

Country 1

Russia

Country of origin 1

Russia

Followed by 1

Kosmos 2595

Followed by (predecessor) 1

Kosmos 2595

Follows 1

Kosmos 2557

Instance of 1

GLONASS-K

Manufacturer 1

JSC Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev

Operator 1

Russian Space Forces

spacecraft solar array

Preceded by (successor) 1

Kosmos 2557

Significant event 1

rocket launch

Space launch vehicle 1

Soyuz-2.1b

Space tug 1

Fregat

Spacecraft bus 1

Ekspress-1000K

Type of orbit 1

medium Earth orbit

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Summary

Kosmos 2559 is a GLONASS-K^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Kosmos 2559 — country (P17): Russia. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Kosmos 2559 — operator (P137): Russian Space Forces. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Kosmos 2559 — follows (P155): Kosmos 2557. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Kosmos 2559 — followed by (P156): Kosmos 2595. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Kosmos 2559 — manufacturer (P176): JSC Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Kosmos 2559 — part of (P361): GLONASS. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Kosmos 2559 — part of (P361): Kosmos. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Kosmos 2559 — space launch vehicle (P375): Soyuz-2.1b. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Kosmos 2559 — country of origin (P495): Russia. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Kosmos 2559 — powered by (P516): spacecraft solar array. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Kosmos 2559 — type of orbit (P522): medium Earth orbit. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Kosmos 2559 — UTC date of spacecraft launch (P619): October 10, 2022. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Kosmos 2559 — spacecraft bus (P707): Ekspress-1000K. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Kosmos 2559 — significant event (P793): rocket launch. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Kosmos 2559 — space tug (P1201): Fregat. Jonathan's Space Report. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Kosmos 2559 — start point (P1427): Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43/4. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Kosmos 2559 — mass (P2067): 962 kg. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Kosmos 2559 is an instance of GLONASS-K (Q2428375) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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