Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2491 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
4278
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: 113.637 minutes
Inclination: 82.4561 deg
SMA: 7771.527 km
Apoapsis: 1516.126 km
Periapsis: 1270.658 km
RAAN: 294.8021 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01579277
Argument of periapsis: 87.531 deg
Mean anomaly: 274.3853 deg
Mean motion: 12.67194389 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001954 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0096787973 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 9:36 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2491 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 45172U 13076AD 25251.40002320 .00001954 00000-0 96788-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 45172 82.4561 294.8021 0157928 87.5310 274.3853 12.67194389258578
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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