Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2531 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 2531.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2531
International designator: 2018-097B
Object number (NORAD): 43752
Object ID (CCSDS): 43752
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.861 minutes
Inclination: 82.52 deg
SMA: 7872.623 km
Apoapsis: 1506.846 km
Periapsis: 1482.13 km
RAAN: 37.5848 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00156973
Argument of periapsis: 307.9822 deg
Mean anomaly: 51.9839 deg
Mean motion: 12.4286399 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000002 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000056299356 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, 7:19 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2531
TLE line 1: 1 43752U 18097B 25252.30553387 .00000002 00000-0 -56299-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 43752 82.5200 37.5848 0015697 307.9822 51.9839 12.42863990307418
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2531.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Rodnik is a series of military communications satellites.
COSMOS 2531 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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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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