Kosmos 2456
Kosmos 2456 ( meaning "Cosmos 2456") is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2009 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2457 and Kosmos 2458. This satellite is a GLONASS-M satellite, also known as Uragan-M, and is numbered Uragan-M No. 730. Kosmos 2456/7/8 were launched from Site 81/24 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A Proton-M carrier rocket with a Blok DM upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 10:38 UTC on 14 December 2009. The launch successfully placed the  satellites into Medium Earth orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2009-070A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Numbers 36111. It is in the first orbital plane of the GLONASS constellation, in orbital slot 1. It started operations on 30 January 2010.