Geostationary
COSMOS 2526
Military Communications (Classified) · Russian Ministry of Defence
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A Russian classified satellite in geostationary orbit assessed as a military communications payload. Russia's military space communications architecture depends heavily on GEO assets to maintain command links across its 11 time zones and to coordinate its strategic nuclear forces. The anonymous Cosmos designation provides operational security by obscuring the satellite's specific mission and capabilities.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,242 mi (35,795 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 43432
- Int’l designator
- 2018-037A
- Launched
- 2018
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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