- Navigation satellite
- NORAD 44850
- 2019-088A
- Medium Earth orbit
Current orbit
View on live mapOrbit began over the Indian Ocean
Orbit ends over the Pacific Ocean
In view from you
Nobody watches COSMOS 2544 (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 2544 (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 the Java Sea LIVE
Where is COSMOS 2544 (GLONASS)?
At 8:57:11 PM UTC COSMOS 2544 (GLONASS) was over the Java Sea (5.8° S, 115.9° E), 19,141 km up, moving at 3.95 km/s and in sunlight.
What is COSMOS 2544 (GLONASS)?
A navigation satellite in medium Earth orbit, one of the 22 navigation satellites of the GLONASS constellation.
Can I see COSMOS 2544 (GLONASS)?
No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for COSMOS 2544 (GLONASS), and nothing here estimates one; receivers on the ground use its signals instead, whenever it is above their horizon.
General
COSMOS 2544 (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 759
- 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
- 5.8° S, 115.9° E
- Altitude
- 19,141 km
- Speed
- 3.95 km/s (14,224 km/h)
- Course
- north
- Light
- In sunlight
- Inclination
- 65.6°
- Orbital period
- 675.7 minutes
- Orbits per day
- 2.13
- This orbit
- 19,099 to 19,160 km
- In shadow
- None of this orbit
- In view from
- Within 7,310 km of the point below it
- Elements epoch
- Sep 17, 2026, 10:37 PM, 22 hours old
- Source
- Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Sep 17, 2026, 10:37 PM, 22 hours old.
No operator publishes an ephemeris for COSMOS 2544 (GLONASS), so every position here comes from its orbital elements.
In orbit
- Close approaches
- Close approaches to COSMOS 2544 (GLONASS) are not available right now. Try again in a few minutes.
Beside the others
| Constellation | Satellites | Typical altitude | Orbital period | Planes | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLONASS | 22 | 19,050 to 19,200 km | 676 minutes | — | Roscosmos, the Russian State Space Corporation |
| GPS | 32 | 20,000 to 20,400 km | 718 minutes | 6 | The United States Space Force |
| Galileo | 27 | 23,100 to 23,300 km | 845 minutes | — | EUSPA, the European Union Agency for the Space Programme |
| BeiDou | 37 | 21,450 to 21,600 km | 773 minutes | — | The China Satellite Navigation Office |
Data and API
The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Sep 17, 2026, 10:37 PM, 22 hours old.
{
"OBJECT_NAME": "COSMOS 2544 (GLONASS)",
"OBJECT_ID": "2019-088A",
"EPOCH": "2026-09-17T22:37:38.847072",
"MEAN_MOTION": 2.13102978,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.00120368,
"INCLINATION": 65.6222,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 70.6379,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 245.1406,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 114.7637,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 44850,
"ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 5269,
"BSTAR": 0,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 1.7e-7,
"MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}