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COSMOS 2571 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 58172)
Track COSMOS 2571 (NORAD catalog number 58172) 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 C of 2023's 165th orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2023-165C). 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 14,581 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.41 km/s, COSMOS 2571 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 896 × 925 km, completing one revolution every 103.1 minutes — about 14.0 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0020). Inclined 67.1° to the equator, it overflies every latitude up to about 67° north and south. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 87.9°. Earth's equatorial bulge drifts that plane westward about 2.43° per day.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~896 km × 925 km |
| Inclination | 67.15° |
| Orbital period | 103.1 min (13.97 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00197 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2023-165C |
| NORAD catalog number | 58172 |
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 2571 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 2571 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, COSMOS 2571 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 2571 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- COSMOS 2570 (NORAD 58148)
- YAOGAN-39 04C (NORAD 58145)
- TIANHUI 5A (NORAD 58199)
- YAOGAN-39 04B (NORAD 58143)
- TIANHUI 5B (NORAD 58201)
- YAOGAN-39 04A (NORAD 58141)
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