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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 (11 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: 19 hours ago

TLE from 19 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2515
1 41394U 16020A   26297.30116666  .00001035  00000-0  70948-4 0  9996
2 41394  97.9725 317.6477 0021966 222.8098 137.1420 15.08272742579874

Epoch: 2026-10-24T07:13Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-24T07:13:40.799Z)

Latitude

0.00005°

Longitude

176.51837°

Altitude

555.695 km

Speed

7.578 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 10m 35s

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

21:52:17

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

553.677 km

Perigee altitude

523.291 km

Semi-major axis

6,916.621 km

Eccentricity

0.0022

Inclination

97.9725°

RAAN

317.6477°

Arg. of periapsis

222.8098°

True anomaly

137.31287°

Mean anomaly

137.142°

Eccentric anomaly

137.22747°

Mean motion

3.77313 °/min

Orbital period

95.41 mins

BSTAR

0.000070948

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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.
7 mins	2026-10-25 14:02:43.957Z	26.086° NE	2026-10-25 14:05:43.957Z	77.168° E	45.046°	2026-10-25 14:09:43.957Z	174.256° S
5 mins	2026-10-26 00:46:43.957Z	114.234° SE	2026-10-26 00:48:43.957Z	74.125° E	25.734°	2026-10-26 00:51:43.957Z	17.401° NNE
4 mins	2026-10-26 02:21:43.957Z	231.038° WSW	2026-10-26 02:23:43.957Z	272.994° WNW	22.029°	2026-10-26 02:25:43.957Z	308.607° NW

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COSMOS 2515, 41394

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 19 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-24T07:13:40.799Z)

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