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COSMOS 2580

NORAD 62216· COSPAR 2024-230A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO
Launch
Launched on Dec 4, 2024 from 43/4 (43R), Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1b.
Soyuz 2.1b | Kosmos 2580 (Lotos-S1 #9)
GLONASS satellite (representative)
Representative GLONASS image · Patrick G. · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 12:25 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Russia / Soviet Union (military)
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
Launched
Dec 4, 2024
Mass
Apogee
915 km
Perigee
907 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.

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for COSMOS 2580 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
907 × 915 km
911915907Aug 26Sep 9
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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