Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2491 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
4152
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: 113.739 minutes
Inclination: 82.4712 deg
SMA: 7776.199 km
Apoapsis: 1478.739 km
Periapsis: 1317.389 km
RAAN: 37.0387 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0103746
Argument of periapsis: 67.51 deg
Mean anomaly: 293.6937 deg
Mean motion: 12.66052594 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000759 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.003891 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: April 7, 2025, 11:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: April 4, 2025, 12:54 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2491 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 44998U 13076S 25094.53773906 .00000759 00000-0 38910-2 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 44998 82.4712 37.0387 0103746 67.5100 293.6937 12.66052594241756
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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