COSMOS 2531 (RODNIK-S *)

NORAD 43752· COSPAR 2018-097B· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO

Launch

Launched on Nov 30, 2018 from 133/3 (133L), Russia aboard a Rokot/Briz-KM.

Rokot / Briz-KM | 3 x Rodnik (Kosmos 2530, 2531, 2532) →

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 22:48 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Russia / Soviet Union (military)

Country

Russia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Nov 30, 2018

Mass

—

Apogee

1,512 km

Perigee

1,486 km

Inclination

82.52°

Period

1.93 h

Part of the GLONASS constellation · this satellite is one of 761

Russian satellite navigation system. ~24 active sats in MEO at ~19,100 km.

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Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for COSMOS 2531 (RODNIK-S *) across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

+0.2 km

Rate

+0.00 km/day

Now

1486 × 1512 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.

Launched with

2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2018-097 (Rokot / Briz-KM | 3 x Rodnik (Kosmos 2530, 2531, 2532)).

COSMOS 2530 (RODNIK-S *) · 43751
COSMOS 2532 (RODNIK-S *) · 43753

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