COSMOS 2563 (EKS 6)

NORAD 54223· COSPAR 2022-145A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· HEO

Launch

Launched on Nov 2, 2022 from 43/4 (43R), Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1b Fregat.

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | EKS 6 (Tundra 6) (Kosmos 2563) →

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-21 19:10 UTC

Orbit class

HEO — Highly Elliptical (Molniya, Tundra, GTO)

Operator

Russia / Soviet Union (military)

Country

Russia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Nov 2, 2022

Mass

—

Apogee

38,721 km

Perigee

1,653 km

Inclination

63.13°

Period

11.96 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 2563 (EKS 6) across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Raising

Change

+7.6 km

Rate

+0.13 km/day

Now

1653 × 38721 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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