COSMOS 2530

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2530 at a glance.

Uptime

2476

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 2530.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 2530

International designator: 2018-097A

Object number (NORAD): 43751

Object ID (CCSDS): 43751

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 115.861 minutes

Inclination: 82.5157 deg

SMA: 7872.599 km

Apoapsis: 1509.211 km

Periapsis: 1479.717 km

RAAN: 36.6418 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00187315

Argument of periapsis: 288.3461 deg

Mean anomaly: 71.5581 deg

Mean motion: 12.42869597 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000007 rev/day2

B* drag term: -0.000021745019 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 6:40 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2530

TLE line 1: 1 43751U 18097A 25252.27833994 .00000007 00000-0 -21745-4 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 43751 82.5157 36.6418 0018732 288.3461 71.5581 12.42869597307393

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2530.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Rodnik is a series of military communications satellites.

COSMOS 2530 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Rokot / Briz-KM | 3 x Rodnik (Kosmos 2530, 2531, 2532)’, on board a Rokot/Briz-KM space rocket.

The launch took place on Nov. 30, 2018, 2:27 a.m. from 133/3 (133L).

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Launch to space Rokot / Briz-KM | 3 x Rodnik (Kosmos 2530, 2531, 2532)
Rokot / Briz-KM | 3 x Rodnik (Kosmos 2530, 2531, 2532)

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Nov. 30, 2018, 2:27 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Rokot/Briz-KM

Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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