COSMOS 2494 (SKRL-756 2)

NORAD 39491· COSPAR 2013-078B· Active satellite· Earth Observation· LEO

Launch

Launched on Dec 28, 2013 from 43/4 (43R), Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1v Volga.

Soyuz 2.1v/Volga | Aist-1 →

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 04:26 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Russia / Soviet Union (military)

Country

Russia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Dec 28, 2013

Mass

—

Apogee

565 km

Perigee

545 km

Inclination

82.42°

Period

1.59 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.

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for COSMOS 2494 (SKRL-756 2) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-1.8 km

Rate

-0.02 km/day

Now

545 × 565 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

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2013-078 (Soyuz 2.1v/Volga | Aist-1).

COSMOS 2493 (SKRL-756 1) · 39490

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