COSMOS 2491 DEB *

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2491 DEB * at a glance.

Uptime

4315

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.4

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

81.2

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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: 2013-076AA

Object number (NORAD): 45128

Object ID (CCSDS): 45128

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 100.015 minutes

Inclination: 81.2082 deg

SMA: 7137.365 km

Apoapsis: 772.064 km

Periapsis: 746.396 km

RAAN: 248.6281 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00179817

Argument of periapsis: 253.5143 deg

Mean anomaly: 106.4069 deg

Mean motion: 14.39779271 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00012855 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0040841489 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 18, 2025, 2:17 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 17, 2025, 2:51 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2491 DEB *

TLE line 1: 1 45128U 13076AA 25290.61894298 .00012855 00000-0 40841-2 0 9992

TLE line 2: 2 45128 81.2082 248.6281 0017982 253.5143 106.4069 14.39779271 27098

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
REX	LEO	2025-09-13 08:59:43	0.0001033509	965.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
COSMOS 990	LEO	2025-07-13 09:53:18	0.0003214254	630.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
DELTA 1 DEB	SSO	2025-06-15 20:49:41	0.0002432013	83.0 (m)	DEBRIS
SL-8 R/B	LEO	2024-08-18 22:05:07	0.0002786016	797.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY

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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