COSMOS 2520

NORAD 42907· COSPAR 2017-046A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO

Launch

Launched on Aug 16, 2017 from 81/24 (81P), Kazakhstan aboard a Proton-M Briz-M.

Proton-M/Briz-M | Blagovest No.11L (Kosmos 2520) →

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 10:53 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

Country

Russia

Manufacturer

JSC Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev

Launched

Aug 16, 2017

Mass

—

Apogee

35,797 km

Perigee

35,794 km

Inclination

0.03°

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 2520 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Raising

Change

+1.1 km

Rate

+0.01 km/day

Now

35794 × 35797 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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