Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2491 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
4330
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: 2013-076AD
Object number (NORAD): 45172
Object ID (CCSDS): 45172
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.608 minutes
Inclination: 82.4559 deg
SMA: 7770.218 km
Apoapsis: 1513.498 km
Periapsis: 1270.667 km
RAAN: 260.6346 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01562575
Argument of periapsis: 331.1253 deg
Mean anomaly: 28.126 deg
Mean motion: 12.67514635 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003671 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.01818256 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 31, 2025, 3 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 30, 2025, 1:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2491 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 45172U 13076AD 25303.58206571 .00003671 00000-0 18183-1 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 45172 82.4559 260.6346 0156258 331.1253 28.1260 12.67514635265187
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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