COSMOS 2490

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2490 at a glance.

Uptime

4372

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: 82.4824 deg

SMA: 7872.597 km

Apoapsis: 1511.056 km

Periapsis: 1477.867 km

RAAN: 284.6136 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00210786

Argument of periapsis: 156.1078 deg

Mean anomaly: 204.0985 deg

Mean motion: 12.42870142 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000068 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00041582016 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:26 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2490

TLE line 1: 1 39485U 13076C 25346.31030184 .00000068 00000-0 41582-3 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 39485 82.4824 284.6136 0021079 156.1078 204.0985 12.42870142542668

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2490.

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Associated 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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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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