Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2491 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
4213
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: 113.737 minutes
Inclination: 82.4702 deg
SMA: 7776.093 km
Apoapsis: 1479.231 km
Periapsis: 1316.686 km
RAAN: 336.9777 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0104516
Argument of periapsis: 224.9435 deg
Mean anomaly: 134.3163 deg
Mean motion: 12.66078298 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002632 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.013642 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 2:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 4:23 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2491 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 44998U 13076S 25186.68313558 .00002632 00000-0 13642-1 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 44998 82.4702 336.9777 0104516 224.9435 134.3163 12.66078298253412
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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