Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2491 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
4377
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.5
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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: 2013-076AD
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: 113.588 minutes
Inclination: 82.4577 deg
SMA: 7769.291 km
Apoapsis: 1484.592 km
Periapsis: 1297.72 km
RAAN: 228.6614 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01202634
Argument of periapsis: 227.6713 deg
Mean anomaly: 131.4144 deg
Mean motion: 12.67741474 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001367 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0068559495 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 18, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 8:35 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2491 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 45172U 13076AD 25352.35821941 .00001367 00000-0 68559-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 45172 82.4577 228.6614 0120263 227.6713 131.4144 12.67741474271365
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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