Kosmos 2425 (russian: Космос 2425 meaning ''Cosmos 2425'') is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2006 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2424 and Kosmos 2426. This satellite is a GLONASS-M satellite, also known as Uragan-M. It was assigned GLONASS-M №16 number by the manufacturer and 716 by the Ground Control. Kosmos 2424 / 2425 / 2426 were launched from Site 81/24 at

Baikonur Cosmodrome The Baikonur Cosmodrome ( kk, Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы, translit=Baiqoñyr ğaryş ailağy, ; russian: Космодром Байконур, translit=Kosmodrom Baykonur, ) is a spaceport in an area of southern Kazakhstan leased to R ...

in Kazakhstan. A Proton-K carrier rocket with a

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upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 20:18 UTC on 25 December 2006. The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit. It subsequently received its

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designation, and the International Designator 2006-062A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 29670. It is in the second orbital plane in orbital slot 15. It started operations on 12 October 2007.·

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