COSMOS 2488 (RODNIK-S 7)

NORAD 39483· COSPAR 2013-076A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO

Launch

Launched on Dec 25, 2013 from 133/3 (133L), Russia aboard a Rokot/Briz-KM.

Rokot / Briz-KM | 3 x Strela-3M (Kosmos-2488, Kosmos-2489, Kosmos-2490) & Kosmos-2491 →

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:12 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

Russia / Soviet Union (military)

Country

Russia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Dec 25, 2013

Mass

—

Apogee

1,513 km

Perigee

1,484 km

Inclination

82.48°

Period

1.93 h

Part of the GLONASS constellation · this satellite is one of 758

Russian satellite navigation system. ~24 active sats in MEO at ~19,100 km.

See all GLONASS satellites →

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for COSMOS 2488 (RODNIK-S 7) across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.0 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

1484 × 1513 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2013-076 (Rokot / Briz-KM | 3 x Strela-3M (Kosmos-2488, Kosmos-2489, Kosmos-2490) & Kosmos-2491).

COSMOS 2489 (RODNIK-S 8) · 39484
COSMOS 2490 (RODNIK-S 9) · 39485

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