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COSMOS 2579, 61730

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2579, 61730 is a payload satellite owned by VVKO VKS (CIS) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 31 Oct 2024 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

61730, 2024-197A

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)

2024-10-31 (2 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: 11 hours ago

TLE from 11 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2579
1 61730U 24197A   26141.29815677  .00002465  00000-0  10272-3 0  9991
2 61730  97.5590  65.0317 0003098 101.8134 258.3450 15.24681474 86377

Epoch: 2026-05-21T07:09Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-21T07:09:20.744Z)

Latitude

-0.00014°

Longitude

78.74992°

Altitude

495.265 km

Speed

7.617 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 20m 07s

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

02:45:03

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

490.836 km

Perigee altitude

486.581 km

Semi-major axis

6,866.845 km

Eccentricity

0.00031

Inclination

97.559°

RAAN

65.0317°

Arg. of periapsis

101.8134°

True anomaly

258.31023°

Mean anomaly

258.345°

Eccentric anomaly

258.32762°

Mean motion

3.81423 °/min

Orbital period

94.38 mins

BSTAR

0.00010272

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COSMOS 2579 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	2026-05-21 18:19:00.102Z	129.682° SE	2026-05-21 18:22:00.102Z	69.806° E	24.936°	2026-05-21 18:25:00.102Z	12.124° NNE
5 mins	2026-05-22 07:22:00.102Z	44.228° NE	2026-05-22 07:24:00.102Z	107.202° ESE	31.15°	2026-05-22 07:27:00.102Z	166.952° S

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COSMOS 2579, 61730

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 11 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-21T07:09:20.744Z)

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