List of Kosmos satellites (2501–2750) explained

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The designation Kosmos (ru|Космос meaning Cosmos) is a generic name given to a large number of Soviet Union, and subsequently Russian, satellites, the first of which was launched in 1962. Satellites given Kosmos designations include military spacecraft, failed probes to the Moon and the planets, prototypes for crewed spacecraft, and scientific spacecraft. This is a list of satellites with Kosmos designations between 2501 and 2750.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Soyuz-2-1v to launch a secret satellite .
  2. Web site: Nivelir-ZU (14F150) ? . space.skyrocket.de . 6 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170627234309/http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/nivelir-zu.htm . 27 June 2017 . dead.
  3. Web site: Russian military satellite that worked with inspector spacecraft burns in atmosphere . . 23 December 2021 . 24 December 2021.
  4. McDowell . Jonathan . Jonathan McDowell. Space Activities 2019 . 25 . 1.3 . 20 Jan 2020 . 18 Apr 2020.
  5. Web site: COSMOS 2537 . N2YO.com . 7 October 2023 . 1 December 2023.
  6. News: Graham . William . Proton-M launches fourth Blagovest satellite . . 5 August 2019 . 5 August 2019.
  7. Web site: Graham . William . Russia's Rokot vehicle launches Geo-IK-2 satellite . . 30 August 2019 . 30 August 2019.
  8. Web site: Graham . William . Soyuz 2-1B launches latest Tundra satellite . . 26 September 2019 . 26 September 2019.
  9. News: Минобороны вывело на орбиту военный спутник-инспектор . MoD deployed a military satellite inspector . . 25 November 2019 . 25 November 2019 . ru.
  10. Jonathan McDowell . planet4589 . 1717006670423871585 . Russia's Kosmos-2542 satellite, launched in 2019, gained some notoriety in 2020 for shadowing a US spy satellite, USA 245. It reentered over Samara, Russia on Oct 24 at 1007 UTC. The satellite appears to have been decommissioned in May. . 25 October 2023.
  11. Web site: Graham . William . Bergin . Chris . Soyuz 2-1v lofts mystery military satellite . . 25 November 2019 . 25 November 2019.
  12. News: Grush . Loren . A Russian satellite seems to be tailing a US spy satellite in Earth orbit . The Verge . 31 January 2020 . en.
  13. News: Patel . Neil . The US says Russia just tested an anti-satellite weapon in orbit. MIT Technology Review . 23 July 2020 . en.
  14. Web site: ERA 1 .
  15. Web site: Wall. Mike. 20 October 2021. Failed Russian spy satellite falls to Earth in brilliant fireball . Space.com. 20 October 2021.
  16. Jonathan McDowell . planet4589 . 1526889947541737474 . The Kosmos-2555 payload launched on the Angara-1.2 test mission last month reentered this morning, May 18, after failing to make any orbital maneuvers. SpaceTrack reports reentry between 0116 and 0230 UTC. . 18 May 2022.
  17. Web site: Erwin . Sandra . LeoLabs data shows on-orbit maneuvers by Russian satellites . . 6 November 2023 . 3 December 2023.
  18. Web site: COSMOS 2562 . N2YO.com . 8 November 2023 . 1 December 2023.
  19. Jonathan McDowell . planet4589 . 1606896623308734466 . At about 1430 UTC Dec 24, the second payload from the Nov 30 Soyuz launch (putative Kosmos-2566) seems to have released a new object, 54817 / 2022-163D. The two objects are in the same orbit as the primary payload from the launch, K-2565, but are currently about 5000 km from it . 25 December 2022.
  20. Jonathan McDowell . planet4589 . 1719180292399755627 . Space Force has cataloged a new object from the 2023-165 launch in an 893 x 914 km x 67.1 deg orbit. The main payload, Kosmos-2570, was last tracked in a 245 x 899 km orbit - it has probably made a circularization burn and released the new object, a small subsatellite. . 31 October 2023.
  21. Jonathan McDowell . planet4589 . 1719180292399755627 . Space Force has cataloged a new object from the 2023-165 launch in an 893 x 914 km x 67.1 deg orbit. The main payload, Kosmos-2570, was last tracked in a 245 x 899 km orbit - it has probably made a circularization burn and released the new object, a small subsatellite. . 31 October 2023.