Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2491 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
4326
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.5
Latest
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: 113.707 minutes
Inclination: 82.4695 deg
SMA: 7774.714 km
Apoapsis: 1475.952 km
Periapsis: 1317.206 km
RAAN: 269.4188 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0102091
Argument of periapsis: 357.3509 deg
Mean anomaly: 2.7031 deg
Mean motion: 12.66415287 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002384 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.012303 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 17, 2025, 7:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 17, 2025, 6:27 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2491 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 44998U 13076S 25290.26923280 .00002384 00000-0 12303-1 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 44998 82.4695 269.4188 0102091 357.3509 2.7031 12.66415287266529
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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