COSMOS 2498 (RODNIK-S *)

NORAD 39763· COSPAR 2014-028C· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO

Launch

Launched on May 23, 2014 from 133/3 (133L), Russia aboard a Rokot/Briz-KM.

Rokot / Briz-KM | 3x Strela-3M (Kosmos 2496, Kosmos 2497, Kosmos 2498) & Kosmos 2499 →

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:32 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Russia / Soviet Union (military)

Country

Russia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

May 23, 2014

Mass

—

Apogee

1,515 km

Perigee

1,482 km

Inclination

82.44°

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.

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for COSMOS 2498 (RODNIK-S *) 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

1482 × 1515 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 2014-028 (Rokot / Briz-KM | 3x Strela-3M (Kosmos 2496, Kosmos 2497, Kosmos 2498) & Kosmos 2499).

COSMOS 2496 (RODNIK-S *) · 39761
COSMOS 2497 (RODNIK-S *) · 39762

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