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 →

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Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-18 18:23 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

593 km

Perigee

579 km

Inclination

81.99°

Period

1.60 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 2582 across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.3 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

579 × 593 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

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

COSMOS 2581 · 62902
COSMOS 2583 · 62904

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