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COSMOS 2507, 40920

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2507, 40920 is a payload satellite owned by VVKO VKS (CIS) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 23 Sep 2015 UTC via an ROKOT 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

40920, 2015-050A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

3 hours ago

Origin

Russian Space Forces (CIS)

Manufacturer

Resehetnev ISS

Mission

Operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

STRELA-3M, Unknown motor

Mass

280 kg wet, 280 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-09-23 (10 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ROKOT

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + 1 Ant, 7 m

Radar Cross Section

1.583 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 3 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2507
1 40920U 15050A   25129.22777741  .00000047  00000-0  26536-3 0  9998
2 40920  82.4919 331.1529 0009799 146.1560 214.0146 12.42910578436708

Epoch: 2025-05-09T05:27Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T05:27:59.968Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

21.86608°

Altitude

1,503.386 km

Speed

7.11 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 04m 36s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

4.40722°

Longitude

-158.78756°

Altitude

1,489.814 km

Speed

7.122 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 02m 04s

Apparent Declination

-19° 37' 09"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:29:29

Azimuth

277.928° WNW

Elevation

-40.446°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,499.352 km

Perigee altitude

1,483.929 km

Semi-major axis

7,869.778 km

Eccentricity

0.0009799

Inclination

82.4919°

RAAN

331.1529°

Arg. of periapsis

146.156°

True anomaly

213.95185°

Mean anomaly

214.0146°

Eccentric anomaly

213.98322°

Mean motion

3.10885 °/min

BSTAR

0.00026536

Orbital period

115.8 mins

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COSMOS 2507 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.
15 mins	2025-05-09 13:17:20.342Z	152.66° SSE	2025-05-09 13:24:20.342Z	90.395° ESE	34.668°	2025-05-09 13:32:20.342Z	20.778° NNE
15 mins	2025-05-09 15:14:20.342Z	223.098° SW	2025-05-09 15:21:20.342Z	287.128° WNW	32.757°	2025-05-09 15:29:20.342Z	354.362° N
10 mins	2025-05-09 23:29:20.342Z	25.986° NE	2025-05-09 23:34:20.342Z	65.389° ENE	19.18°	2025-05-09 23:39:20.342Z	103.993° ESE
15 mins	2025-05-10 01:25:20.342Z	350.194° N	2025-05-10 01:32:20.342Z	234.636° WSW	44.729°	2025-05-10 01:40:20.342Z	178.614° S
7 mins	2025-05-10 03:24:20.342Z	306.948° NW	2025-05-10 03:27:20.342Z	284.888° WNW	14.482°	2025-05-10 03:31:20.342Z	256.02° W

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