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COSMOS 2502 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 40358)
Track COSMOS 2502 (NORAD catalog number 40358) 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 has been on orbit since 2014, launched on the 86th orbital launch of that year (COSPAR designation 2014-086A). As of this element set it had completed roughly 59,542 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.40 km/s, COSMOS 2502 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 904 × 913 km, completing one revolution every 103.0 minutes — about 14.0 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0006). Inclined 67.2° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 67° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 167.4°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 2.44° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~904 km × 913 km |
| Inclination | 67.15° |
| Orbital period | 103.0 min (13.98 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00063 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2014-086A |
| NORAD catalog number | 40358 |
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 2502 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 2502 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, COSMOS 2502 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 2502 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- YAOGAN-26 (NORAD 40362)
- ASTRA 2G (NORAD 40364)
- O3B FM9 (NORAD 40351)
- O3B FM12 (NORAD 40350)
- O3B FM11 (NORAD 40349)
- FENGYUN 2G (NORAD 40367)
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