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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

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

Russian Space Forces (CIS)

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 (9 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, 10 m

Radar Cross Section

20.881 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2515
1 41394U 16020A   25185.16288401  .00001273  00000-0  90736-4 0  9993
2 41394  97.9751 182.8643 0025302  41.2547 319.0585 15.06282933507998

Epoch: 2025-07-04T03:54Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-04T03:54:33.178Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-158.19317°

Altitude

537.405 km

Speed

7.601 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 11m 27s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-38.37295°

Longitude

15.78917°

Altitude

579.758 km

Speed

7.56 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 23m 39s

Apparent Declination

-82° 31' 47"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

23:05:35

Azimuth

171.616° S

Elevation

-36.393°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

562.095 km

Perigee altitude

527.064 km

Semi-major axis

6,922.717 km

Eccentricity

0.00253

Inclination

97.9751°

RAAN

182.8643°

Arg. of periapsis

41.2547°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

319.0585°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.76815 °/min

Orbital period

95.54 mins

BSTAR

0.000090736

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SL-4 R/B, 41395 (Decayed)

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	2025-07-04 12:27:10.474Z	28.396° NE	2025-07-04 12:30:10.474Z	111.303° ESE	37.519°	2025-07-04 12:33:10.474Z	174.172° S
4 mins	2025-07-04 23:12:10.474Z	107.104° ESE	2025-07-04 23:14:10.474Z	57.19° ENE	23.508°	2025-07-04 23:16:10.474Z	19.545° NNE

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