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COSMOS 2503, 40420

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2503, 40420 is a payload satellite owned by VVKO VKS (CIS) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 27 Feb 2015 UTC via a SOYUZ-2-1A launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). 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

40420, 2015-009A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CIS

Related business

Russian Space Forces (RU)

Manufacturer

Arsenal

Mission

Operational Defense Imaging

Bus & Motor

BARS, AOCS

Mass

3,700 kg wet, ~3,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-02-27 (11 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-2-1A

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + 2 Pan, 5.0 m

Radar Cross Section

20.881 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 13 hours ago

TLE from 13 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2503
1 40420U 15009A   26068.69626972  .00002817  00000-0  19590-3 0  9999
2 40420  97.8437 123.7175 0015321 225.7450 134.2520 15.06275973603958

Epoch: 2026-03-09T16:42Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-09T16:42:37.703Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

65.6749°

Altitude

558.065 km

Speed

7.578 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 14m 52s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

10:14:58

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

555.201 km

Perigee altitude

533.989 km

Semi-major axis

6,922.732 km

Eccentricity

0.00153

Inclination

97.8437°

RAAN

123.7175°

Arg. of periapsis

225.745°

True anomaly

134.37759°

Mean anomaly

134.252°

Eccentric anomaly

134.31481°

Mean motion

3.76814 °/min

Orbital period

95.54 mins

BSTAR

0.0001959

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Other satellites on launch #9 in the year 2015 (2015-02-27 UTC)

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COSMOS 2503 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
5 mins	2026-03-10 15:36:42.983Z	48.417° ENE	2026-03-10 15:39:42.983Z	100.911° ESE	18.683°	2026-03-10 15:41:42.983Z	136.024° SSE
4 mins	2026-03-10 17:12:42.983Z	323.404° NNW	2026-03-10 17:13:42.983Z	299.67° NW	24.328°	2026-03-10 17:16:42.983Z	237.421° WSW
5 mins	2026-03-11 03:55:42.983Z	194.172° SSW	2026-03-11 03:57:42.983Z	262.275° W	38.516°	2026-03-11 04:00:42.983Z	333.862° NNW

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COSMOS 2503, 40420

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 13 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-03-09T16:42:37.703Z)

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Other satellites on launch #9 in the year 2015 (2015-02-27 UTC)

COSMOS 2503 Visibility forecast

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