COSMOS 2513

NORAD 41121· COSPAR 2015-075A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO

Launch

Launched on Dec 13, 2015 from 81/24 (81P), Kazakhstan aboard a Proton-M Briz-M.

Proton-M Briz-M | Garpun No. 12L (Kosmos-2513) →

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:03 UTC

Orbit class

GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)

Operator

Russia / Soviet Union (military)

Country

Russia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Dec 13, 2015

Mass

—

Apogee

35,800 km

Perigee

35,790 km

Inclination

0.04°

Period

23.94 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 2513 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

+0.3 km

Rate

+0.00 km/day

Now

35790 × 35800 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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