Latitude
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COSMOS
NORAD 40699 · COSPAR 2015-029A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #60165 @ 705 x 717 km x 98.034 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-24 07:16 UTC · 33.5 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 26297.30285498 .00000246 00000-0 67920-4 0 09990
2 40699 98.0340 333.1547 0008490 110.4069 249.8041 14.54420299601658
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 40699U 15029A 26297.30285498 .00000246 00000-0 67920-4 0 09990
2 40699 98.0340 333.1547 0008490 110.4069 249.8041 14.54420299601658
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
98.034°
Period
99.01 min
Perigee
705 km
Apogee
717 km
Eccentricity
0.000849
RAAN
333.1547°
Arg of Perigee
110.4069°
Mean Motion
14.54420299 rev/d