Latitude
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COSMOS
NORAD 40420 · COSPAR 2015-009A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #63693 @ 535 x 556 km x 97.816 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-14 17:39 UTC · 31 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
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COSMOS 2503
1 40420U 15009A 26287.73549092 .00001139 00000-0 80606-4 0 09997
2 40420 97.8160 346.3639 0015430 202.0079 158.0487 15.06871844636934
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 40420U 15009A 26287.73549092 .00001139 00000-0 80606-4 0 09997
2 40420 97.8160 346.3639 0015430 202.0079 158.0487 15.06871844636934
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
February 27th 2015
Spacecraft age
11 years, 7 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
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
97.816°
Period
95.56 min
Perigee
535 km
Apogee
556 km
Eccentricity
0.001543
RAAN
346.3639°
Arg of Perigee
202.0079°
Mean Motion
15.06871844 rev/d