Latitude
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COSMOS
NORAD 40420 · COSPAR 2015-009A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #64009 @ 534 x 557 km x 97.8136 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-11-04 17:15 UTC · 18.8 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
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Next visible passes
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COSMOS 2503
1 40420U 15009A 26308.71886864 .00001369 00000-0 95758-4 0 09999
2 40420 97.8136 7.6578 0017113 132.4227 227.8451 15.06920661640097
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 40420U 15009A 26308.71886864 .00001369 00000-0 95758-4 0 09999
2 40420 97.8136 7.6578 0017113 132.4227 227.8451 15.06920661640097
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
February 27th 2015
Spacecraft age
11 years, 8 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Ministry of Defense
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Launch vehicle
Soyuz-2.1b
Contractor
Progress Rocket and Space Center
Launch mass
4,000 kg
Power
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Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.8136°
Period
95.56 min
Perigee
534 km
Apogee
557 km
Eccentricity
0.0017113
RAAN
7.6578°
Arg of Perigee
132.4227°
Mean Motion
15.06920661 rev/d