COSMOS 2491 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2491 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

4276

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.7

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 2491 DEB.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? True

Object name: COSMOS 2491 DEB

International designator: 2013-076S

Object number (NORAD): 44998

Object ID (CCSDS): 44998

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 113.721 minutes

Inclination: 82.467 deg

SMA: 7775.352 km

Apoapsis: 1479.468 km

Periapsis: 1314.967 km

RAAN: 299.3034 deg

Eccentricy: 0.01057833

Argument of periapsis: 100.5653 deg

Mean anomaly: 260.7377 deg

Mean motion: 12.66259284 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000879 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0045010483 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 1, 2025, 7:24 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 1, 2025, 10:40 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2491 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 44998U 13076S 25244.44457990 .00000879 00000-0 45010-2 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 44998 82.4670 299.3034 0105783 100.5653 260.7377 12.66259284260721

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2491 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2491 DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
COSMOS 2158	LEO	2024-09-30 01:06:46	0.000169648	413.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
COSMOS 2211	LEO	2024-07-16 02:15:37	0.000226769	626.0 (m)	PAYLOAD

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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