Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2531 at a glance.
Uptime
2356
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: 115.862 minutes
Inclination: 82.5155 deg
SMA: 7872.646 km
Apoapsis: 1506.857 km
Periapsis: 1482.164 km
RAAN: 111.7066 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0015683
Argument of periapsis: 203.4398 deg
Mean anomaly: 156.5969 deg
Mean motion: 12.42858577 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.00008139 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 12, 2025, 8:17 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2531
TLE line 1: 1 43752U 18097B 25132.84538282 -.00000001 00000-0 -81390-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 43752 82.5155 111.7066 0015683 203.4398 156.5969 12.42858577292657
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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