Kosmos 2482

Kosmos 2482 (Russian: Космос 2482 meaning Cosmos 2482) is a Russian military store-dump communications satellite launched in 2013, together with Kosmos 2483 and Kosmos 2484.

Kosmos 2482

Mission type	Communications
Operator	Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
COSPAR ID	2013-001A
SATCAT no.	39057
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Strela-3M
Manufacturer	Reshetnev ISS[1]
Start of mission
Launch date	January 15, 2013, 16:24 (2013-01-15UTC16:24Z) UTC
Rocket	Rokot/Briz-KM[2]
Launch site	Plesetsk 133/3[1]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth

This satellite is a Strela-3M/Rodnik satellite, a modification of the civilian Gonets satellites.^[3]

Kosmos 2482 was launched from site 133/3 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. A rokot carrier rocket with a Briz-KM upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 16:24 UTC on 15 January 2013. The launch successfully placed the satellite into low Earth orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2013-001A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 39057.^[3][4][5]

The launch was postponed from 8 December 2012 and was the first launch of a Rokot since the 28 July 2012 launch of Kosmos 2481, another Rodnik.^[6]

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• List of Kosmos satellites (2251–2500)