Latitude
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COSMOS
NORAD 40699 · COSPAR 2015-029A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #60470 @ 705 x 717 km x 98.0291 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-11-14 06:51 UTC · 14 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
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COSMOS 2506
1 40699U 15029A 26318.28581182 .00000202 00000-0 57508-4 0 09993
2 40699 98.0291 353.2991 0008369 55.2886 304.9099 14.54426406604708
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 40699U 15029A 26318.28581182 .00000202 00000-0 57508-4 0 09993
2 40699 98.0291 353.2991 0008369 55.2886 304.9099 14.54426406604708
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
June 23rd 2015
Spacecraft age
11 years, 4 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
TsSKB Progress
Launch mass
7,000 kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
98.0291°
Period
99.01 min
Perigee
705 km
Apogee
717 km
Eccentricity
0.0008369
RAAN
353.2991°
Arg of Perigee
55.2886°
Mean Motion
14.54426406 rev/d