Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2491 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
4380
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.5
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: 2013-076AU
Object number (NORAD): 57557
Object ID (CCSDS): 57557
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.514 minutes
Inclination: 82.4654 deg
SMA: 7856.859 km
Apoapsis: 1552.047 km
Periapsis: 1405.4 km
RAAN: 279.0206 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0093324
Argument of periapsis: 28.4699 deg
Mean anomaly: 332.1435 deg
Mean motion: 12.46606391 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002131 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.014361 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 21, 2025, 12:06 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 20, 2025, 12:22 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2491 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 57557U 13076AU 25354.51537904 .00002131 00000-0 14361-1 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 57557 82.4654 279.0206 0093324 28.4699 332.1435 12.46606391118914
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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