COSMOS 2520, 42907
Orbit data source: Space-Track
COSMOS 2520, 42907 is a Commonwealth of Independent States-origin payload satellite in GEO that was launched on Wed, 16 Aug 2017 UTC via a PROTON-M/BRIZ-M launch vehicle from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.
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Edit Public Description
Identifier
Orbit
Country
CISRelated business
Manufacturer
Resehetnev ISS
Mission
Operational Defense Communications
Bus & Motor
EKSPRESS-2000?, AOCS
Mass
~3,162 kg wet, ~2,000 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Cyl + 2 Pan, 13.5 m
Radar Cross Section
24.423 m²
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 1 day ago
TLE from 1 day ago
0 COSMOS 2520
1 42907U 17046A 25356.77145472 .00000159 00000-0 00000-0 0 9993
2 42907 0.0447 90.8991 0001188 253.7055 69.6699 1.00268209 30624Epoch: 2025-12-22T18:30Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-22T18:30:53.687Z)
Latitude
-0.00785°
Longitude
44.9916°
Altitude
35,785.369 km
Speed
3.075 km/s
True Right ascension
03h 37m 07s
True Declination
0° 00' 28"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
03:42:43
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,793.677 km
Perigee altitude
35,783.658 km
Semi-major axis
42,166.805 km
Eccentricity
0.00012
Inclination
0.0447°
RAAN
90.8991°
Arg. of periapsis
253.7055°
True anomaly
69.68267°
Mean anomaly
69.6699°
Eccentric anomaly
69.67628°
Mean motion
0.25066 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.2 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #46 in the year 2017 (2017-08-16 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.COSMOS 2520 Visibility
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42907 neighbors
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Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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