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COSMOS 2479, 38101

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2479, 38101 is a payload satellite owned by PVO (CIS) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 30 Mar 2012 UTC via a PROTON-K/DM-2 launch vehicle from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

38101, 2012-012A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

1 day ago

Origin

Russian Aerospace Forces (CIS)

Manufacturer

NPOL/KOMET

Mission

Non-operational Defense Early Warn

Bus & Motor

PROGNOZ, Unknown motor

Mass

2,580 kg wet, ~2,200 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2012-03-30 (13 years ago)

Launch vehicle

PROTON-K/DM-2

Launch site

Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Step Cyl + 2 Pan, 10 m

Radar Cross Section

12.911 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 1 day ago

0 COSMOS 2479
1 38101U 12012A   25184.03300718 -.00000204  00000-0  00000-0 0  9998
2 38101   8.0425  59.7424 0003022 213.0301 351.5965  1.00326649 48582

Epoch: 2025-07-03T00:47Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-03T00:47:31.82Z)

Latitude

-3.35828°

Longitude

-29.0256°

Altitude

35,758.592 km

Speed

3.076 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 36m 39s

True Declination

-3° 21' 18"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-5.12075°

Longitude

-14.29325°

Altitude

35,758.923 km

Speed

3.076 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

19h 02m 11s

Apparent Declination

-10° 47' 19"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:30:37

Azimuth

102.807° ESE

Elevation

-1.539°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,785 km

Perigee altitude

35,759.524 km

Semi-major axis

42,150.399 km

Eccentricity

0.0003

Inclination

8.0425°

RAAN

59.7424°

Arg. of periapsis

213.0301°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

351.5965°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25081 °/min

Orbital period

1,435.36 mins

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Other satellites on launch #12 in the year 2012 (2012-03-30 UTC)

SL-12 R/B(1), 38102 (Decayed)

SL-12 PLAT, 38103 (Decayed)

SL-12 R/B(2), 38104

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR), 38105 (Decayed)

SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR), 38106 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2479 Visibility

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