Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2498 at a glance.
Uptime
4127
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2498.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2498
International designator: 2014-028C
Object number (NORAD): 39763
Object ID (CCSDS): 39763
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.852 minutes
Inclination: 82.4428 deg
SMA: 7872.184 km
Apoapsis: 1509.896 km
Periapsis: 1478.203 km
RAAN: 285.2951 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00201297
Argument of periapsis: 331.0638 deg
Mean anomaly: 28.9324 deg
Mean motion: 12.42967805 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000035 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001802037 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 1:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2498
TLE line 1: 1 39763U 14028C 25251.57796958 .00000035 00000-0 18020-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 39763 82.4428 285.2951 0020130 331.0638 28.9324 12.42967805512561
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2498.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Classified payload for Russia
COSMOS 2498 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Rokot / Briz-KM | 3x Strela-3M (Kosmos 2496, Kosmos 2497, Kosmos 2498) & Kosmos 2499’, on board a Rokot/Briz-KM space rocket.
The launch took place on May 23, 2014, 5:27 a.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Rokot / Briz-KM | 3x Strela-3M (Kosmos 2496, Kosmos 2497, Kosmos 2498) & Kosmos 2499
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 23, 2014, 5:27 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Rokot/Briz-KM
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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