Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2491 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 2491.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2491
International designator: 2013-076E
Object number (NORAD): 39497
Object ID (CCSDS): 39497
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.803 minutes
Inclination: 82.485 deg
SMA: 7869.973 km
Apoapsis: 1501.168 km
Periapsis: 1482.508 km
RAAN: 318.7 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00118551
Argument of periapsis: 255.3497 deg
Mean anomaly: 104.6269 deg
Mean motion: 12.4349167 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000004 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00021952723 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, 11:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2491
TLE line 1: 1 39497U 13076E 25291.96582825 .00000040 00000-0 21953-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 39497 82.4850 318.7000 0011855 255.3497 104.6269 12.43491670535272
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2491.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
COSMOS 2491 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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