COSMOS 2518 (EKS 2)

NORAD 42719· COSPAR 2017-027A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· HEO

Launch

Launched on May 25, 2017 from 43/4 (43R), Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1b Fregat.

Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | EKS-2 (Tundra 2) (Kosmos 2518) →

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-04 18:50 UTC

Orbit class

HEO — Highly Elliptical (Molniya, Tundra, GTO)

Operator

Russia / Soviet Union (military)

Country

Russia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

May 25, 2017

Mass

—

Apogee

38,568 km

Perigee

1,778 km

Inclination

63.02°

Period

11.96 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 2518 (EKS 2) across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

+0.4 km

Rate

+0.03 km/day

Now

1778 × 38568 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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