Kosmos 2500

{{Short description|Russian military satellite}}

{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Kosmos 2500

| image = Glonass-M small. CeBIT 2011 Samstag PD 110.jpg

| image_caption = Glonass-M satellite model

| mission_type = Navigation

| operator = Russian Aerospace Defence Forces

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130504220156/http://www.glonass-ianc.rsa.ru/en/GLONASS/ GLONASS status]

| COSPAR_ID = 2014-032A

| SATCAT = 40001

| mission_duration =

| spacecraft = GLONASS No. 755

| spacecraft_type = Uragan-M

| manufacturer = Reshetnev ISS

| dry_mass = 250 kg

| launch_mass = {{convert|1414|kg}}

| dimensions = {{convert|1.3|m}} diameter

| power =

| launch_date = {{start-date|June 14, 2014, 17:16|timezone=yes}} UTC

| launch_rocket = Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat

| launch_site = Plesetsk 43/4

| launch_contractor = Russian Aerospace Defence Forces

| entered_service =

| disposal_type =

| deactivated =

| last_contact =

| orbit_epoch = 15 June 2014

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Medium Earth orbit

| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|19153|km|abbr=on}}

| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|19129|km|abbr=on}}

| orbit_inclination = 64.77 degrees

| orbit_semimajor = {{convert|25519|km|abbr=on}}

| orbit_eccentricity = 0.0005

| orbit_period = 676.18 minutes

| apsis = gee

}}

Kosmos 2500 ({{langx|ru|Космос 2500}} meaning Space 2500) is a Russian military satellite launched in 2014 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was the 2,500th satellite to receive a Kosmos designation

This satellite is a GLONASS-M satellite, also known as Uragan-M, and is numbered Uragan-M No. 755.

Kosmos 2500 was launched from Site 43/4 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. A Soyuz-2-1b carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 17:16 UTC on 14 June 2014. The launch successfully placed the satellite into a Medium Earth orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2014-032A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 40001.

The satellite is in orbital plane 3, in orbital slot 21. As of August 2014 it remains in operation.

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