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COSMOS 2494 (SKRL-756 2) — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 39491)
Track COSMOS 2494 (SKRL-756 2) (NORAD catalog number 39491) live on the WatchSat interactive 3D globe above. Its position is propagated in real time from the latest CelesTrak two-line element set using the SGP4/SDP4 orbital model — the same math professional trackers run. It is object B of 2013's 78th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2013-078B). It went up together with 1 other satellite from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 69,115 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.60 km/s, COSMOS 2494 (SKRL-756 2) flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 548 × 568 km, completing one revolution every 95.7 minutes — about 15.1 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0014). Inclined 82.4° — nearly pole-to-pole — its ground track sweeps essentially every latitude. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 169.9°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 0.98° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~548 km × 568 km |
| Inclination | 82.41° |
| Orbital period | 95.7 min (15.05 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00145 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2013-078B |
| NORAD catalog number | 39491 |
This page's orbital elements come from the CelesTrak catalog of 2026-09-08. The live 3D view above fetches its own current CelesTrak data when the page opens, through an edge cache that refreshes roughly every 30 minutes.
About the Other Active Satellites group
COSMOS 2494 (SKRL-756 2) is one of 4,471 active satellites in WatchSat's general catalog — the broad population of Earth-observation, communications, science, amateur-radio and technology spacecraft outside the giant broadband constellations. Browse all other active satellites live in 3D.
Can you see COSMOS 2494 (SKRL-756 2) from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, COSMOS 2494 (SKRL-756 2) is visible only around dawn and dusk, when your sky is dark but the satellite is still sunlit — and whether you can spot it depends on its size and reflectivity. See pass predictions for your location for when it is above your horizon and sunlit.
Related satellites
Nearest catalog neighbors of COSMOS 2494 (SKRL-756 2) in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- COSMOS 2493 (SKRL-756 1) (NORAD 39490)
- EXPRESS-AM5 (NORAD 39487)
- COSMOS 2490 (RODNIK-S 9) (NORAD 39485)
- COSMOS 2489 (RODNIK-S 8) (NORAD 39484)
- COSMOS 2488 (RODNIK-S 7) (NORAD 39483)
- THAICOM 6 (NORAD 39500)
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