Latitude
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COSMOS
NORAD 41579 · COSPAR 2016-034A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #52509 @ 942 x 944 km x 99.1916 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-21 06:22 UTC · 48.7 h old
Orbit history
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Next visible passes
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COSMOS 2517 (GEO-IK 2)
1 41579U 16034A 26294.26546331 .00000034 00000-0 67905-4 0 09991
2 41579 99.1916 300.6775 0000884 83.9011 276.2246 13.85907326525097
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 41579U 16034A 26294.26546331 .00000034 00000-0 67905-4 0 09991
2 41579 99.1916 300.6775 0000884 83.9011 276.2246 13.85907326525097
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
June 5th 2016
Spacecraft age
10 years, 4 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Ministry of Defense
Purpose
Earth Science
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Launch vehicle
Rokot
Contractor
ISS Reshetnev
Launch mass
900 kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
99.1916°
Period
103.9 min
Perigee
942 km
Apogee
944 km
Eccentricity
8.84E-5
RAAN
300.6775°
Arg of Perigee
83.9011°
Mean Motion
13.85907326 rev/d