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COSMOS 2510 (EKS 1)
Russian Military Satellite (Assessed Surveillance) · Russian Ministry of Defence
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Cosmos 2510, a Russian military satellite launched into a 63.5° orbit — the same 'Molniya-critical' inclination used by both Russian and Chinese naval signals intelligence satellites, suggesting this spacecraft may serve a similar surveillance role that Russia has never publicly acknowledged.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Highly Ellipticalswings far out, then dives back close to Earth
- Altitude
- 694–24,398 mi (1,117–39,264 km)
- Inclination
- 63.4°
- One orbit
- 12.0 hours2.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 41032
- Int’l designator
- 2015-066A
- Launched
- 2015
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 6 Nov 2026.
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