COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS)

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Link to this page

https://orbinauts.com/satellites/40315

  • Navigation satellite
  • NORAD 40315
  • 2014-075A
  • Medium Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS) is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over the Pacific Ocean

Orbit ends over the Indian Ocean

Sunlit since

Enters the Earth’s shadow

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In view from you

Nobody watches COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS) go over, but a receiver still asks whether it is above the horizon. Say where you are and this card answers.

Your position is rounded to about a kilometre and sent only to the Orbinauts API, to find the pass.

No brightness has been published for COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS), so it is not a naked-eye satellite and no city page carries pass times for it. Nothing here estimates one.

Seeing it

There is nothing to go outside for: it is far too high and too faint for the naked eye. What you notice of it is a position fix, and the card above says whether it is above your horizon to give you one.

Summary

Over Saudi Arabia LIVE

Where is COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS)?

At 8:57:10 PM UTC COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS) was over Saudi Arabia (30.7° N, 37.9° E), 19,108 km up, moving at 3.96 km/s and in sunlight.

What is COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS)?

A navigation satellite in medium Earth orbit, one of the 22 navigation satellites of the GLONASS constellation.

Can I see COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS)?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS), and nothing here estimates one; receivers on the ground use its signals instead, whenever it is above their horizon.

General

COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS) is one of the 22 navigation satellites of the GLONASS constellation. See every GLONASS satellite and how many are above you right now.

Known to its operator as
GC 702
Typical altitude
19,050 to 19,200 km

Latest orbital data

Position received
8:57 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
8:57 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
30.7° N, 37.9° E
Altitude
19,108 km
Speed
3.96 km/s (14,245 km/h)
Course
south
Light
In sunlight until 9:36 PM UTC
Inclination
63.6°
Orbital period
675.7 minutes
Orbits per day
2.13
This orbit
19,073 to 19,186 km
In shadow
38 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 7,310 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Sep 17, 2026, 6:36 AM, 1 day old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Sep 17, 2026, 6:36 AM, 1 day old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS), so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
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See every close approach reported in orbit.

Beside the others

ConstellationSatellitesTypical altitudeOrbital periodPlanesOperator
GLONASS2219,050 to 19,200 km676 minutes—Roscosmos, the Russian State Space Corporation
GPS3220,000 to 20,400 km718 minutes6The United States Space Force
Galileo2723,100 to 23,300 km845 minutes—EUSPA, the European Union Agency for the Space Programme
BeiDou3721,450 to 21,600 km773 minutes—The China Satellite Navigation Office

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Sep 17, 2026, 6:36 AM, 1 day old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "COSMOS 2501 (GLONASS)",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2014-075A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-09-17T06:36:45.154368",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 2.13101443,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00220607,
  "INCLINATION": 63.6168,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 187.1861,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 210.0455,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 149.8441,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 40315,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 9181,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 5e-8,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}