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COSMOS 2610

NORAD 68758· COSPAR 2026-083F· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· SSO
Launch
Launched on Apr 16, 2026 from 43/4 (43R), Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1b Volga.
Soyuz 2.1b/Volga | Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
GLONASS satellite (representative)
Representative GLONASS image · Patrick G. · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:51 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Russia / Soviet Union (military)
Country
Russia
Manufacturer
Launched
Apr 16, 2026
Mass
Apogee
558 km
Perigee
542 km
Inclination
97.82°
Period
1.59 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 2610 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
-0.2 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
542 × 558 km
550558542Aug 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

6 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2026-083 (Soyuz 2.1b/Volga | Kosmos (Unknown Payload)).

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