Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2490 at a glance.
Uptime
4316
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 2490.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2490
International designator: 2013-076C
Object number (NORAD): 39485
Object ID (CCSDS): 39485
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.861 minutes
Inclination: 82.4818 deg
SMA: 7872.609 km
Apoapsis: 1510.13 km
Periapsis: 1478.818 km
RAAN: 318.4984 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00198868
Argument of periapsis: 277.7431 deg
Mean anomaly: 82.139 deg
Mean motion: 12.42867199 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000057 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00034293239 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 11:22 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2490
TLE line 1: 1 39485U 13076C 25291.97391519 .00000057 00000-0 34293-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 39485 82.4818 318.4984 0019887 277.7431 82.1390 12.42867199535918
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2490.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
COSMOS 2490 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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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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