COSMOS 2597 (RODNIK-S *)

NORAD 66647· COSPAR 2025-273A· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO

Launch

Launched on Nov 25, 2025 from 35/1, Russia aboard a Angara 1.2.

Angara 1.2 | 3 x Rodnik (Kosmos 2597, 2598, 2599) →

GLONASS satellite (representative) — Representative GLONASS image · Patrick G. · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-07 21:50 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

Russia / Soviet Union (military)

Country

Russia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Nov 25, 2025

Mass

—

Apogee

1,509 km

Perigee

1,489 km

Inclination

82.50°

Period

1.93 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.

See all GLONASS satellites →

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for COSMOS 2597 (RODNIK-S *) 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

1489 × 1509 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 2025-273 (Angara 1.2 | 3 x Rodnik (Kosmos 2597, 2598, 2599)).

COSMOS 2598 (RODNIK-S *) · 66648
COSMOS 2599 (RODNIK-S *) · 66649

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