Kosmos 2494 (Russian: Космос 2494 meaning Space 2494) is a Russian military satellite launched in 2014 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system.

[3] Kosmos 2494 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 22:54 UTC on 23 March 2014.

The launch successfully placed the satellite into a Medium Earth orbit.

The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 39620.