COSMOS 2528

NORAD 43657· COSPAR 2018-082A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO

Launch

Launched on Oct 25, 2018 from 43/4 (43R), Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1b.

Soyuz 2.1B | Lotos-S1 (Kosmos 2528) →

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 08:39 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Russia / Soviet Union (military)

Country

Russia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Oct 25, 2018

Mass

—

Apogee

916 km

Perigee

905 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 2528 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

905 × 916 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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