COSMOS 2576

NORAD 59773· COSPAR 2024-092A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· SSO

Launch

Launched on May 16, 2024 from 43/4 (43R), Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M.

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Kosmos 2576 →

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-07 12:23 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

Russia / Soviet Union (military)

Country

Russia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

May 16, 2024

Mass

—

Apogee

517 km

Perigee

498 km

Inclination

97.44°

Period

1.58 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 2576 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.4 km

Rate

-0.03 km/day

Now

498 × 517 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

9 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-092 (Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Kosmos 2576).

2024-092B · 59774
2024-092C · 59775
2024-092D · 59776
2024-092E · 59777
2024-092F · 59778
2024-092G · 59779
2024-092H · 59780
2024-092J · 59781
2024-092K · 59809

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