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COSMOS 2582

NORAD 62903· COSPAR 2025-026B· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO
Launch
Launched on Feb 5, 2025 from 43/4 (43R), Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1v Volga.
Soyuz 2.1v/Volga | Kosmos 2581/2582/2583
GLONASS satellite (representative)
Representative GLONASS image · Patrick G. · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-07 14:37 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Russia / Soviet Union (military)
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
Launched
Feb 5, 2025
Mass
Apogee
594 km
Perigee
578 km
Inclination
82.00°
Period
1.60 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 2582 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
578 × 594 km
586594578Aug 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.

Launched with

2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2025-026 (Soyuz 2.1v/Volga | Kosmos 2581/2582/2583).

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