Kosmos 2473

 2011-048A

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The first 14F136 Garpun, No. 11 (`Harpoon') military comms satellite was launched on 2011 Sep 21. This was the return to flight of Proton/Briz after the Ekspress AM-4 failure.

Garpun
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2011 Sep 20	2247	Launch by Proton-M	KB
	2256	Stage 3 sep	-500? x 170
	2258	Briz-M burn 1
	2303?	MECO-1	173? x 173? x 51.6
	2354?	MES-2
2011 Sep 21	0012?	MECO-2	270? x 4999? x 50.3
	0217?	MES-3
	0235?	MECO-3	631.15 403 x 35587 x 48.61
	0236?	DTB sep
2011 Sep 21	0226?	Perigee
	0740?	Briz-M burn MES-4
	0742?	Apogee/equator crossing
	0748?	MECO-4
2011 Sep 21	0748	T+9:01 Briz-M sep
2011 Sep 28			1426.69 35551 x 35653 x 0.1
2011 Oct 28			1436.11 35777 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 79.9E
2013 Jun 14			1436.17 35783 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 79.9E