COSMOS 2502

NORAD 40358· COSPAR 2014-086A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO

Launch

Launched on Dec 25, 2014 from 43/4 (43R), Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1b.

Soyuz 2-1B | Lotos-S (Kosmos 2502) →

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 15:25 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Russia / Soviet Union (military)

Country

Russia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Dec 25, 2014

Mass

—

Apogee

911 km

Perigee

902 km

Inclination

67.15°

Period

1.72 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 2502 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

902 × 911 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.

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