Kosmos 2478 (Russian: Космос 2478 meaning Cosmos 2478) is a Russian military satellite launched in 2011 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system.
[1][5] Kosmos 2478 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 08:26 UTC on 28 November 2011.
The launch successfully placed the satellite into Medium Earth orbit.
The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 37938.