The designation Kosmos (Russian: Космос meaning Cosmos) is a generic name given to a large number of Soviet Union, and subsequently Russian, satellites, the first of which was launched in 1962. Satellites given Kosmos designations include military spacecraft, failed probes to the Moon and the planets, prototypes for crewed spacecraft, and scientific spacecraft. This is a list of satellites with Kosmos designations between 2501 and 2750.
| Designation | Type | Launch date (UTC) | Carrier rocket | Function | Decay | Remarks[1][2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosmos 2501 | GLONASS-K1 702K | 30 November 2014 21:52 |
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Navigation | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2502 | Lotos-S1 No.1 (802) | 25 December 2014 03:01 |
Soyuz-2.1b | ELINT | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2503 | Bars-M 1L | 27 February 2015 11:01 |
Soyuz-2.1a | Cartography/Reconnaissance | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2504 | Unknown | 31 March 2015 13:47 |
Rokot/Briz-KM 11A05 | Undisclosed | in orbit | Possible ASAT or close satellite monitoring test. |
| Kosmos 2505 | Kobalt-M №10 | 5 June 2015 15:23 |
Soyuz-2.1a | Optical surveillance | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2506 | Persona | 23 June 2015 16:44 |
Soyuz-2.1b | Reconnaissance | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2507 | Strela-3M 13 | 23 September 2015 21:59 |
Rokot-KM | Military communications | in orbit | 3 satellites in 1 launch |
| Kosmos 2508 | Strela-3M 14 | Military communications | in orbit | |||
| Kosmos 2509 | Strela-3M 15 | Military communications | in orbit | |||
| Kosmos 2510 | EKS-1 (Tundra 11L) |
17 November 2015 06:33 |
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M | Missile early warning | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2511 | Kanopus-ST | 5 December 2015 14:08 |
Soyuz-2-1v/Volga | Earth observation | failed to separate | 2 satellites in 1 launch |
| Kosmos 2512 | KYuA-1 | Radar calibration | in orbit | |||
| Kosmos 2513 | Garpun-12L | 15 December 2015 11:03 |
Proton-M/Briz-M | Military communications | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2514 | GLONASS-M 751 | 7 February 2016 03:21 |
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Navigation | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2515 | Bars-M 2L | 24 March 2016 09:42 |
Soyuz-2.1a | Cartography/Reconnaissance | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2516 | GLONASS-M 753 | 29 May 2016 03:21 |
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Navigation | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2517 | Geo-IK-2 (Geo-IK-2 12L) | 4 June 2016 14:00 |
Rokot/Briz-KM | Geodesy | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2518 | EKS-2 (Tundra 12L) |
25 May 2017 06:33 |
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M | Missile early warning | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2519 | Napryazhenie / 14F150 / Nivelir[3][4] |
23 June 2017 18:04 |
Soyuz-2.1v / Volga | Undisclosed. Presumedly military geodesy | 23 December 2021[5] | |
| Kosmos 2520 | Blagovest-11L | 16 August 2017 22:07 |
Proton-M / Briz-M | Military communications | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2521 | Sputnik Inspektor | 23 June 2017 18:04 |
Soyuz-2.1v / Volga | Undisclosed | 12 September 2019 | Deployed from Kosmos 2519 |
| Kosmos 2522 | GLONASS-M 752 | 22 September 2017 00:02:32 |
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Navigation | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2523 | Unknown | 23 June 2017 18:04 |
Soyuz-2.1v / Volga | Undisclosed | in orbit | Deployed from Kosmos 2519 |
| Kosmos 2524 | Lotos-S1 No.2 (803) | 2 December 2017 10:43:26 |
Soyuz-2.1b | ELINT | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2525 | EMKA | 29 March 2018 16:45 |
Soyuz-2.1v | Earth Observation | 1 April 2021 | Breakup occurred at about 4:43 GMT over the South Pacific Ocean |
| Kosmos 2526 | Blagovest-12L | 18 April 2018 22:12 |
Proton-M / Briz-M | Military communications | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2527 | GLONASS-M 756 | 16 June 2018 21:30 |
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Navigation | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2528 | Lotos-S1 No.3 (804) | 25 October 2018 00:15 |
Soyuz-2.1b | ELINT | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2529 | GLONASS-M 757 | 3 November 2018 20:17 |
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat | Navigation | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2530 | Strela-3M 16 | 23 November 2018 02:27 |
Rokot-KM | Military communications | in orbit | 3 satellites in 1 launch |
| Kosmos 2531 | Strela-3M 17 | Military communications | in orbit | |||
| Kosmos 2532 | Strela-3M 18 | Military communications | in orbit | |||
| Kosmos 2533 | Blagovest-13L | 21 December 2018 00:20 |
Proton-M | Military communications | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2534 | GLONASS-M 758 | 27 May 2019 06:23 |
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M | Navigation | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2535 | 14F150 No.2 / Nivelir-L (speculated) | 10 July 2019 18:04 |
Soyuz-2.1v / Volga | Undisclosed. Presumedly military geodesy | in orbit | 4 classified military satellites in 1 launch. Kosmos 2535 separated into 10+ trackable objects Aug 2019.[6] |
| Kosmos 2536 | 14F150 No.2 / Nivelir-L (speculated) | Undisclosed. Presumedly military geodesy | in orbit | |||
| Kosmos 2537 | 14F150 No.2 / Nivelir-L (speculated) | Undisclosed. Presumedly military geodesy | 7 October 2023[7] | |||
| Kosmos 2538 | 14F150 No.2 / Nivelir-L (speculated) | Undisclosed. Presumedly military geodesy | in orbit | |||
| Kosmos 2539 | Blagovest-14L | 5 August 2019 21:56 |
Proton-M | Military communications | in orbit | Initial deployment of the Blagovest constellation completed.[8] |
| Kosmos 2540 | Geo-IK-2 No.3 (Musson 2) |
30 August 2019 14:00 |
Rokot / Briz-KM | Geodesy | in orbit | Penultimate flight of Rokot[9] |
| Kosmos 2541 | EKS-3 (Tundra 13L) |
26 September 2019 07:43 |
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M | Missile early warning | in orbit | [10] |
| Kosmos 2542 | Unknown |
25 November 2019 17:52 |
Soyuz-2.1v / Volga | Undisclosed. Possible satellite inspection[11] | 24 October 2023 10:07[12] |
[13][14] |
| Kosmos 2543 | Unknown | Undisclosed. Possible satellite inspection | in orbit | Deployed from Kosmos 2542. Claimed by US Space Force to have performed a weapons test in July 2020[15] | ||
| Kosmos 2544 | GLONASS-M 759 | 11 December 2019 08:54 |
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M | Navigation | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2545 | GLONASS-M 760 | 16 March 2020 21:28 |
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M | Navigation | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2546 | EKS-4 (Tundra 14L) |
22 May 2020 10:31 |
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M | Missile early warning | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2547 | GLONASS-K 705 | 25 October 2020 19:08 |
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M | Navigation | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2548 | ERA 1 | 3 December 2020 01:14 |
Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat-M | Technology | in orbit | Cubesat of undisclosed size launched with 3 Gonets communication satellites as a piggyback payload, reportedly to test advanced microsystems of orientation and astronavigation.[16] |
| Kosmos 2549 | Lotos-S1 №4 | 2 February 2021 20:45 |
Soyuz-2.1b | ELINT | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2550 | Pion-NKS №1 | 25 June 2021 19:50 |
Soyuz-2.1b | SIGINT | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2551 | EO MKA №1 | 9 September 2021 19:59 |
Soyuz-2.1v / Volga | Reconnaissance | 20 Oct 2021 | Broke up over American Mid West at 12:43 a.m. EDT on 20 October 2021.[17] |
| Kosmos 2552 | EKS-5 (Tundra 15L) |
25 November 2021 01:09 |
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat | Early warning | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2553 | Neitron №1 | 5 February 2022 07:00 |
Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat | Reconnaissance | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2554 | Lotos-S1 №5 | 7 April 2022 11:20 |
Soyuz-2.1b | ELINT | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2555 | EO MKA №2 | 29 April 2022 19:55 |
Angara 1.2 | Military | 18 May 2022 | It decayed on 18 May 2022 after no orbit-raising maneuvers were performed, indicating a possible spacecraft failure.[18] |
| Kosmos 2556 | Bars-M 3L | 19 May 2022 08:03 |
Soyuz-2.1a | Cartography/Reconnaissance | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2557 | GLONASS-K 16L | 7 July 2022 09:18 |
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat | Navigation | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2558 | 14F150 Nivelir №3 | 1 August 2022 20:25 | Soyuz-2.1v / Volga | Surveillance | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2559 | GLONASS-K 17L | 10 October 2022 02:52 |
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat | Navigation | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2560 | EO MKA №3 | 15 October 2022 22:55 |
Angara 1.2 | Military | 10 Dec 2022 01:54 UTC |
|
| Kosmos 2561 | MKA №1 (?) | 21 October 2022 19:20 |
Soyuz-2.1v | Surveillance | in orbit | Launched with Kosmos 2562. |
| Kosmos 2562 | MKA №2 (?) | 21 October 2022 19:20 |
Soyuz-2.1v | Surveillance | 8 November 2023 | Launched with Kosmos 2561. Likely inspected Resurs-P No.3 in November 2022.[19] Decayed on 8 November 2023.[20] |
| Kosmos 2563 | EKS-6 (Tundra 16L) | 2 November 2022 06:48 | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat | Early warning | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2564 | GLONASS-M 761 | 28 November 2022 15:13 | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat | Navigation | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2565 | Lotos-S1 №6 | 30 November 2022 21:10 | Soyuz-2.1b | ELINT | in orbit | Carried Kosmos 2566. |
| Kosmos 2566 | Unknown | 30 November 2022 21:10 | Soyuz-2.1b | Undisclosed | in orbit | Released in-orbit by Kosmos 2565 on 3 December 2022.[21] |
| Kosmos 2567 | Bars-M 4L | 23 March 2023 06:40 | Soyuz-2.1a | Reconnaissance | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2568 | EO MKA №4 | 29 March 2023 19:57 | Soyuz-2.1v | Military | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2569 | GLONASS-K2 13L (K2 №1) | 8 August 2023 13:20 | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat | Navigation | in orbit | First GLONASS-K2 satellite. |
| Kosmos 2570 | Lotos-S1 №7 | 27 October 2023 06:04 | Soyuz-2.1b | ELINT | in orbit | Carried a secondary payload (Kosmos 2571) released a few days after the launch. [22] |
| Kosmos 2571 | unknown | 27 October 2023 06:04 | Soyuz-2.1b | unknown | in orbit | Launched with Kosmos 2570, detached a few days after the launch. [23] |
| Kosmos 2572 | Razdan 1 | 25 November 2023 20:58 | Soyuz-2.1b | Reconnaissance | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2573 | Bars-M 5L | 21 December 2023 08:48 | Soyuz-2.1a | Reconnaissance | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2574 | Razbeg №1 | 27 December 2023 07:33 | Soyuz-2.1v | Reconnaissance | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2575 | Razbeg №2 | 9 January 2024 07:33 | Soyuz-2.1v | Reconnaissance | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2576 | Nivelir-L №4 | 16 May 2024 21:21 | Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat | Surveillance | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2577 | OO MKA №1 | 17 September 2024 07:00 | Angara-1.2 | Reconnaissance | in orbit | |
| Kosmos 2578 | OO MKA №2 | 17 September 2024 07:00 | Angara-1.2 | Reconnaissance | in orbit |
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Report. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Soyuz-2-1v to launch a secret satellite".
- ^ "Nivelir-ZU (14F150) ?". space.skyrocket.de. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "Russian military satellite that worked with inspector spacecraft burns in atmosphere". TASS. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan (20 January 2020). Space Activities 2019 (PDF) (Report) (1.3 ed.). p. 25. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "COSMOS 2537". N2YO.com. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ Graham, William (5 August 2019). "Proton-M launches fourth Blagovest satellite". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ Graham, William (30 August 2019). "Russia's Rokot vehicle launches Geo-IK-2 satellite". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Graham, William (26 September 2019). "Soyuz 2-1B launches latest Tundra satellite". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ "Минобороны вывело на орбиту военный спутник-инспектор" [MoD deployed a military satellite inspector] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (25 October 2023). "Russia's Kosmos-2542 satellite, launched in 2019, gained some notoriety in 2020 for shadowing a US spy satellite, USA 245. It reentered over Samara, Russia on Oct 24 at 1007 UTC. The satellite appears to have been decommissioned in May" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Graham, William; Bergin, Chris (25 November 2019). "Soyuz 2-1v lofts mystery military satellite". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ Grush, Loren (31 January 2020). "A Russian satellite seems to be tailing a US spy satellite in Earth orbit". The Verge.
- ^ Patel, Neil (23 July 2020). "The US says Russia just tested an anti-satellite weapon in orbit". MIT Technology Review.
- ^ "ERA 1".
- ^ Wall, Mike (20 October 2021). "Failed Russian spy satellite falls to Earth in brilliant fireball". Space.com. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (18 May 2022). "The Kosmos-2555 payload launched on the Angara-1.2 test mission last month reentered this morning, May 18, after failing to make any orbital maneuvers. SpaceTrack reports reentry between 0116 and 0230 UTC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Erwin, Sandra (6 November 2023). "LeoLabs data shows on-orbit maneuvers by Russian satellites". SpaceNews. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "COSMOS 2562". N2YO.com. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (25 December 2022). "At about 1430 UTC Dec 24, the second payload from the Nov 30 Soyuz launch (putative Kosmos-2566) seems to have released a new object, 54817 / 2022-163D. The two objects are in the same orbit as the primary payload from the launch, K-2565, but are currently about 5000 km from it" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (31 October 2023). "Space Force has cataloged a new object from the 2023-165 launch in an 893 x 914 km x 67.1 deg orbit. The main payload, Kosmos-2570, was last tracked in a 245 x 899 km orbit - it has probably made a circularization burn and released the new object, a small subsatellite" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (31 October 2023). "Space Force has cataloged a new object from the 2023-165 launch in an 893 x 914 km x 67.1 deg orbit. The main payload, Kosmos-2570, was last tracked in a 245 x 899 km orbit - it has probably made a circularization burn and released the new object, a small subsatellite" (Tweet) – via Twitter.