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COSMOS 2506
Russian Military Satellite (Undisclosed) · Russian Ministry of Defence
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Cosmos 2506, a Russian military satellite whose undisclosed purpose fits the country's decades-long pattern of using generic Cosmos numbering to obscure the operational details of its space-based military capabilities.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 442–447 mi (711–720 km)
- Inclination
- 98.0°
- One orbit
- 98.9 minutes14.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 40699
- Int’l designator
- 2015-029A
- Launched
- 2015
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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