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COSMOS 2506, 40699

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2506, 40699 is a payload satellite owned by VVKO VKS (CIS) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 23 Jun 2015 UTC via a SOYUZ-2-1B 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

40699, 2015-029A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

Russian Space Forces (CIS)

Manufacturer

TsSKB-Progress

Mission

Operational Defense Imaging

Bus & Motor

PERSONA-1, 11D428

Mass

~7,000 kg wet, ~7,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-06-23 (10 years ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-2-1B

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + 2 Pan, 6.3 m

Radar Cross Section

16.222 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2506
1 40699U 15029A   25132.59958804  .00000199  00000-0  57367-4 0  9997
2 40699  98.1011 182.2969 0006378 326.4326  33.6466 14.54186452524668

Epoch: 2025-05-12T14:23Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T14:23:24.406Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

95.83486°

Altitude

711.224 km

Speed

7.502 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 09m 11s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

81.09421°

Longitude

31.49491°

Altitude

727.744 km

Speed

7.497 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

17h 13m 32s

Apparent Declination

36° 13' 06"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

05:46:32

Azimuth

6.836° NNE

Elevation

-13.488°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

713.613 km

Perigee altitude

704.572 km

Semi-major axis

7,087.229 km

Eccentricity

0.0006378

Inclination

98.1011°

RAAN

182.2969°

Arg. of periapsis

326.4326°

True anomaly

33.68712°

Mean anomaly

33.6466°

Eccentric anomaly

33.66686°

Mean motion

3.63771 °/min

BSTAR

0.000057367

Orbital period

98.96 mins

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Other satellites on launch #29 in the year 2015 (2015-06-23 UTC)

SL-4 R/B, 40700 (Decayed)

COSMOS 2506 DEB, 47212

COSMOS 2506 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.
6 mins	2025-05-13 02:06:25.164Z	104.373° ESE	2025-05-13 02:09:25.164Z	62.835° ENE	17.543°	2025-05-13 02:12:25.164Z	22.983° NE
8 mins	2025-05-13 03:43:25.164Z	191.951° SSW	2025-05-13 03:46:25.164Z	242.885° WSW	35.577°	2025-05-13 03:51:25.164Z	334.896° NNW
7 mins	2025-05-13 15:45:25.164Z	33.662° NE	2025-05-13 15:48:25.164Z	103.339° ESE	36.763°	2025-05-13 15:52:25.164Z	172.091° S
4 mins	2025-05-13 17:24:25.164Z	317.75° NNW	2025-05-13 17:25:25.164Z	302.752° NW	17.197°	2025-05-13 17:28:25.164Z	259.655° W

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