COSMOS 2538

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2538 at a glance.

Uptime

2130

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.1

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: 95.051 minutes

Inclination: 97.6262 deg

SMA: 6899.188 km

Apoapsis: 553.873 km

Periapsis: 488.233 km

RAAN: 201.3142 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0047571

Argument of periapsis: 8.2941 deg

Mean anomaly: 351.9066 deg

Mean motion: 15.14976097 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00005868 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00030941 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: May 8, 2025, 9:37 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2538

TLE line 1: 1 44424U 19039D 25128.90072908 .00005868 00000-0 30941-3 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 44424 97.6262 201.3142 0047571 8.2941 351.9066 15.14976097318587

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2538.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated 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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Launch to space Soyuz 2.1v/Volga | Kosmos 2535, Kosmos 2536, Kosmos 2537, Kosmos 2538
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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