Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2491 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
4215
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2491 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: COSMOS 2491 DEB
International designator: 2013-076F
Object number (NORAD): 44912
Object ID (CCSDS): 44912
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 112.987 minutes
Inclination: 82.4293 deg
SMA: 7741.859 km
Apoapsis: 1557.452 km
Periapsis: 1169.995 km
RAAN: 336.4597 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0250235
Argument of periapsis: 218.3671 deg
Mean anomaly: 139.9398 deg
Mean motion: 12.74485556 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008975 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.037382 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 6:56 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 4:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2491 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 44912U 13076F 25185.69714887 .00008975 00000-0 37382-1 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 44912 82.4293 336.4597 0250235 218.3671 139.9398 12.74485556253562
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2491 DEB.
Associated space launch
COSMOS 2491 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Rokot / Briz-KM | 3 x Strela-3M (Kosmos-2488, Kosmos-2489, Kosmos-2490) & Kosmos-2491’, on board a Rokot/Briz-KM space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 25, 2013, 12:31 a.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Rokot / Briz-KM | 3 x Strela-3M (Kosmos-2488, Kosmos-2489, Kosmos-2490) & Kosmos-2491
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 25, 2013, 12:31 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Rokot/Briz-KM
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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