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COSMOS 2588

NORAD 64095· COSPAR 2025-109A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO
Launch
Launched on May 23, 2025 from 43/4 (43R), Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Kosmos 2588
GLONASS satellite (representative)
Representative GLONASS image · Patrick G. · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-07 12:07 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Russia / Soviet Union (military)
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
Launched
May 23, 2025
Mass
Apogee
492 km
Perigee
479 km
Inclination
72.97°
Period
1.57 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 2588 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
-0.5 km
Rate
-0.03 km/day
Now
479 × 492 km
486493479Aug 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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