Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2538 at a glance.
Uptime
2299
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2538.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2538
International designator: 2019-039D
Object number (NORAD): 44424
Object ID (CCSDS): 44424
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.917 minutes
Inclination: 97.6129 deg
SMA: 6892.692 km
Apoapsis: 546.524 km
Periapsis: 482.59 km
RAAN: 10.0072 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00463786
Argument of periapsis: 144.3182 deg
Mean anomaly: 216.1167 deg
Mean motion: 15.17118346 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00009898 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00048881898 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 24, 2025, 2:48 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 23, 2025, 11:07 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2538
TLE line 1: 1 44424U 19039D 25296.96331601 .00009898 00000-0 48882-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 44424 97.6129 10.0072 0046379 144.3182 216.1167 15.17118346344042
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2538.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Four satellites in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
COSMOS 2538 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Soyuz 2.1v/Volga | Kosmos 2535, Kosmos 2536, Kosmos 2537, Kosmos 2538’, on board a Soyuz 2.1v space rocket.
The launch took place on July 10, 2019, 5:14 p.m. from 43/4 (43R).
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Soyuz 2.1v/Volga | Kosmos 2535, Kosmos 2536, Kosmos 2537, Kosmos 2538
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 10, 2019, 5:14 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Soyuz 2.1v
Launch pad: 43/4 (43R)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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