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COSMOS 2509, 40922

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2509, 40922 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

40922, 2015-050C

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

11 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 11 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2509
1 40922U 15050C   25128.87954412  .00000046  00000-0  26195-3 0  9992
2 40922  82.4877 330.1115 0013940 201.9031 158.1454 12.42917746436657

Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:06Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:06:32.611Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

146.53191°

Altitude

1,507.147 km

Speed

7.107 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 00m 26s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-47.59929°

Longitude

-25.48802°

Altitude

1,502.795 km

Speed

7.117 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

07h 30m 58s

Apparent Declination

-55° 14' 06"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:08:32

Azimuth

227.922° WSW

Elevation

-53.578°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,502.581 km

Perigee altitude

1,480.64 km

Semi-major axis

7,869.747 km

Eccentricity

0.001394

Inclination

82.4877°

RAAN

330.1115°

Arg. of periapsis

201.9031°

True anomaly

158.20477°

Mean anomaly

158.1454°

Eccentric anomaly

158.17509°

Mean motion

3.10887 °/min

BSTAR

0.00026195

Orbital period

115.8 mins

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COSMOS 2509 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.
13 mins	2025-05-09 12:40:27.109Z	133.056° SE	2025-05-09 12:46:27.109Z	87.02° E	24.57°	2025-05-09 12:53:27.109Z	31.042° NE
16 mins	2025-05-09 14:35:27.109Z	202.643° SW	2025-05-09 14:43:27.109Z	294.553° NW	41.463°	2025-05-09 14:51:27.109Z	1.434° NNE
16 mins	2025-05-10 00:46:27.109Z	359.249° N	2025-05-10 00:54:27.109Z	92.349° ESE	42.066°	2025-05-10 01:02:27.109Z	160.41° S
12 mins	2025-05-10 02:44:27.109Z	324.551° NNW	2025-05-10 02:50:27.109Z	275.063° WNW	23.547°	2025-05-10 02:56:27.109Z	228.827° WSW

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