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COSMOS 2594 — Live Satellite Tracking (NORAD 65270)
Track COSMOS 2594 (NORAD catalog number 65270) 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 D of 2025's 182nd orbital launch (COSPAR designation 2025-182D). It went up together with 3 other satellites from that launch still in the active catalog. As of this element set it had completed roughly 6,077 revolutions of Earth.
Moving at about 7.74 km/s, COSMOS 2594 flies in low Earth orbit at an altitude of roughly 287 × 296 km, completing one revolution every 90.2 minutes — about 16.0 trips around Earth per day. The orbit is essentially circular (eccentricity 0.0006). Inclined 96.6° — nearly pole-to-pole — its ground track sweeps essentially every latitude. Its orbital plane crosses the equator northbound at right ascension 179.4°. Earth's equatorial bulge precesses that plane eastward about 0.98° per day, matching the Sun's apparent motion — which is what holds its lighting constant.
Orbital elements
| Orbit regime | low Earth orbit (LEO) |
|---|---|
| Perigee × apogee altitude | ~287 km × 296 km |
| Inclination | 96.58° |
| Orbital period | 90.2 min (15.96 rev/day) |
| Eccentricity | 0.00063 |
| Element set epoch | 2026-09-07 |
| COSPAR designation | 2025-182D |
| NORAD catalog number | 65270 |
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 2594 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 2594 from the ground?
Sometimes. Like most low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, COSMOS 2594 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 2594 in the Other Active Satellites group — usually craft from the same or adjacent launches:
- COSMOS 2593 (NORAD 65269)
- COSMOS 2592 (NORAD 65268)
- COSMOS 2591 (NORAD 65267)
- 2025-180E (NORAD 65263)
- 2025-180D (NORAD 65262)
- 2025-180C (NORAD 65261)
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