Latitude
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COSMOS
NORAD 41579 · COSPAR 2016-034A · ACTIVE
Orbit: #52810 @ 942 x 944 km x 99.1905 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-11-11 23:53 UTC · 12.8 h old
Orbit history
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Next visible passes
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COSMOS 2517 (GEO-IK 2)
1 41579U 16034A 26315.99575361 .00000019 00000-0 54517-4 0 09998
2 41579 99.1905 321.9946 0000791 90.3075 269.8172 13.85909410528107
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 41579U 16034A 26315.99575361 .00000019 00000-0 54517-4 0 09998
2 41579 99.1905 321.9946 0000791 90.3075 269.8172 13.85909410528107
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
June 5th 2016
Spacecraft age
10 years, 5 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
99.1905°
Period
103.9 min
Perigee
942 km
Apogee
944 km
Eccentricity
7.91E-5
RAAN
321.9946°
Arg of Perigee
90.3075°
Mean Motion
13.8590941 rev/d