Satellites/COSMOS 2501 [GLONASS-K]
COSMOS 2501 [GLONASS-K]
Satellite · RussiaActive
Who
Owner / operatorVVKO/IACG
ManufacturerOAO M. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems
CountryRussia
Catalogue owner codeCIS
Orbit
OrbitingEarth
Orbit classMEO
Perigee19,075 km
Apogee19,184 km
Inclination63.61°
Period675.7 min
Radar cross-section18.899 m²
Latest Orbital Elements
Epoch (UTC)2026-11-08 19:59:06
Mean motion2.1310127 rev/day
Eccentricity0.002137
Inclination63.6145°
Right ascension of node185.3694°
Argument of perigee206.3819°
Mean anomaly153.6051°
B* drag term0.0000e+0
Element set999
Revolutions at epoch9,293
Mean elements (OMM) for the SGP4 model, refreshed every 6 hours. They describe the orbit at the epoch shown and drift as time passes, fastest for low orbits.
Source: CelesTrak satellite catalogue and GP data (celestrak.org); owner and manufacturer from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).