COSMOS 2488

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2488 at a glance.

Uptime

4268

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.4

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.5

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2488.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 2488

International designator: 2013-076A

Object number (NORAD): 39483

Object ID (CCSDS): 39483

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 115.861 minutes

Inclination: 82.4903 deg

SMA: 7872.617 km

Apoapsis: 1509.329 km

Periapsis: 1479.636 km

RAAN: 348.9298 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00188585

Argument of periapsis: 9.2996 deg

Mean anomaly: 350.8429 deg

Mean motion: 12.42865224 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000025 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00011143513 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 1, 2025, 2:20 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Aug. 31, 2025, 11:20 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2488

TLE line 1: 1 39483U 13076A 25243.97268088 .00000025 00000-0 11144-3 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 39483 82.4903 348.9298 0018858 9.2996 350.8429 12.42865224529961

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2488.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

COSMOS 2488 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Rokot / Briz-KM | 3 x Strela-3M (Kosmos-2488, Kosmos-2489, Kosmos-2490) & Kosmos-2491’, on board a Rokot/Briz-KM space rocket.

The launch took place on Dec. 25, 2013, 12:31 a.m. from 133/3 (133L).

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Launch to space Rokot / Briz-KM | 3 x Strela-3M (Kosmos-2488, Kosmos-2489, Kosmos-2490) & Kosmos-2491
Rokot / Briz-KM | 3 x Strela-3M (Kosmos-2488, Kosmos-2489, Kosmos-2490) & Kosmos-2491

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Dec. 25, 2013, 12:31 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Rokot/Briz-KM

Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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