COSMOS 2533

NORAD 43867· COSPAR 2018-107A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO

Launch

Launched on Dec 21, 2018 from 81/24 (81P), Kazakhstan aboard a Proton-M Briz-M.

Proton-M/Briz-M | Blagovest N13L (Kosmos 2533) →

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 12:08 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

Dec 21, 2018

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 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 2533 across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Raising

Change

+1.3 km

Rate

+0.01 km/day

Now

35793 × 35798 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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