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COSMOS 2515, 41394

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2515, 41394 is a payload satellite owned by VVKO VKS (CIS) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 24 Mar 2016 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

41394, 2016-020A

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)

2016-03-24 (10 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: 8 hours ago

TLE from 8 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2515
1 41394U 16020A   26132.28541524  .00001070  00000-0  73947-4 0  9997
2 41394  97.9785 146.4107 0025194  65.6382 294.7471 15.07834217555009

Epoch: 2026-05-12T06:50Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-12T06:50:59.876Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

173.59924°

Altitude

538.612 km

Speed

7.597 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 45m 38s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight 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

22:55:14

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

557.256 km

Perigee altitude

522.398 km

Semi-major axis

6,917.964 km

Eccentricity

0.00252

Inclination

97.9785°

RAAN

146.4107°

Arg. of periapsis

65.6382°

True anomaly

294.48457°

Mean anomaly

294.7471°

Eccentric anomaly

294.61587°

Mean motion

3.77204 °/min

Orbital period

95.44 mins

BSTAR

0.000073947

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SL-4 R/B, 41395 (Decayed)

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COSMOS 2515 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	2026-05-13 00:30:11.912Z	139.243° SSE	2026-05-13 00:33:11.912Z	70.894° E	33.055°	2026-05-13 00:36:11.912Z	5.477° NNE
6 mins	2026-05-13 13:41:11.912Z	22.083° NNE	2026-05-13 13:43:11.912Z	58.44° ENE	41.219°	2026-05-13 13:47:11.912Z	184.978° SSW

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COSMOS 2515, 41394

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-12T06:50:59.876Z)

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