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COSMOS 2581, 62902

Orbit data source: Space-Track

COSMOS 2581, 62902 is a payload satellite owned by MO RF (CIS) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 05 Feb 2025 UTC via a SOYUZ-2-1V 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

62902, 2025-026A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

16 hours ago

Origin

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (CIS)

Manufacturer

VNIIEM

Mission

Operational Defense Imaging

Bus & Motor

EMKA, Unknown motor

Mass

~500 kg wet, 500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-02-05 (3 months ago)

Launch vehicle

SOYUZ-2-1V

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl + 2 Pan, 3 m

Radar Cross Section

3.727 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 16 hours ago

0 COSMOS 2581
1 62902U 25026A   25132.91355233  .00001642  00000-0  15349-3 0  9996
2 62902  81.9939 122.4300 0009290 305.9199  54.1157 14.93562919 14443

Epoch: 2025-05-12T21:55Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T21:55:30.921Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

-77.36866°

Altitude

586.084 km

Speed

7.569 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 09m 43s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

81.25944°

Longitude

36.44804°

Altitude

605.879 km

Speed

7.56 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

11h 35m 37s

Apparent Declination

27° 55' 49"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:51:13

Azimuth

349.478° N

Elevation

-21.372°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

590.332 km

Perigee altitude

577.397 km

Semi-major axis

6,962.001 km

Eccentricity

0.000929

Inclination

81.9939°

RAAN

122.43°

Arg. of periapsis

305.9199°

True anomaly

54.20201°

Mean anomaly

54.1157°

Eccentric anomaly

54.15885°

Mean motion

3.7363 °/min

BSTAR

0.00015349

Orbital period

96.35 mins

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COSMOS 2581 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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	2025-05-13 23:46:18.742Z	172.32° S	2025-05-13 23:49:18.742Z	126.522° SE	39.266°	2025-05-13 23:53:18.742Z	17.793° NNE
6 mins	2025-05-14 11:29:18.742Z	330.263° NNW	2025-05-14 11:32:18.742Z	249.766° W	34.48°	2025-05-14 11:35:18.742Z	197.325° SSW

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