COSMOS 2531

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2531 at a glance.

Uptime

2413

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: 82.5181 deg

SMA: 7872.637 km

Apoapsis: 1508.337 km

Periapsis: 1480.668 km

RAAN: 76.9017 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0017573

Argument of periapsis: 83.9956 deg

Mean anomaly: 276.3126 deg

Mean motion: 12.42860545 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000021 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000080488 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 10:52 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2531

TLE line 1: 1 43752U 18097B 25188.95315274 .00000021 00000-0 80488-4 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 43752 82.5181 76.9017 0017573 83.9956 276.3126 12.42860545299544

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2531.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated 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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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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