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Kosmos 2479 (Russian: Космос 2479 meaning Cosmos 2479) is a Russian US-KMO missile early warning satellite which was launched in 2012 as part of the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces’ Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using infrared telescopes. It was the last US-KMO geostationary satellite to be launched prior to the system being replaced by EKS.Kosmos 2479 was launched from Site 81/24 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.