Kosmos-2543 projectile

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/45915

  • Military
  • OBJECT E
  • NORAD 45915
  • 2019-079E
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where Kosmos-2543 projectile is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over the Indian Ocean

Orbit ends over the Indian Ocean

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In view from you

Nobody watches Kosmos-2543 projectile 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 Kosmos-2543 projectile, 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 too faint to see with the naked eye from anywhere on Earth.

Timeline

  1. Launch

    Launched, on the day GCAT records. Source

  2. Close approach

    On Tuesday, Nov 3 at 2:24 AM UTC, a fragment of Cosmos 2251 (NORAD 34884) was to pass within 145 m of Object E (NORAD 45915). The chance was about 1 in 8,000.

  3. Close approach

    On Wednesday, Nov 4 at 10:38 AM UTC, a fragment of CZ-4 (NORAD 26128) was to pass within 771 m of Object E (NORAD 45915). The chance was about 1 in 1,000.

Summary

Over the Arctic Ocean LIVE

Where is Kosmos-2543 projectile?

At 8:25:37 PM UTC Kosmos-2543 projectile was over the Arctic Ocean (81.4° N, 159.4° W), 707 km up, moving at 7.46 km/s and in sunlight.

What is Kosmos-2543 projectile?

A satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since Nov 25, 2019.

Can I see Kosmos-2543 projectile?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for Kosmos-2543 projectile, and nothing here estimates one.

General

Operator
Central Sci. Res. Inst. for Chemistry and Mechanics
State
Russian Federation
Built by
Central Sci. Res. Inst. for Chemistry and Mechanics
Military
Yes: a defence organisation flies it
Launched
Operating
Orbit class
Low Earth orbit

From GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue, licensed CC BY 4.0: the operator, the state, the manufacturer, that a defence organisation flies it, the launch day, and whether it is operating. The orbit class is read from its current elements.

Latest orbital data

Position received
8:25 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
8:25 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
81.4° N, 159.4° W
Altitude
707 km
Speed
7.46 km/s (26,870 km/h)
Course
south-west
Light
In sunlight
Inclination
97.7°
Orbital period
96.9 minutes
Orbits per day
14.86
This orbit
490 to 723 km
In shadow
None of this orbit
In view from
Within 1,950 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 8, 2026, 7:04 AM, 13 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 7:04 AM, 13 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for Kosmos-2543 projectile, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
2 reported. No close approach to Kosmos-2543 projectile is reported for the next three days.

From Space-Track’s public conjunction messages; the latest report was issued Nov 8, 2026, 1:11 PM, 3 hours old. Only approaches serious enough to be reported publicly are listed: within three days and, for two bodies near the Earth, closer than a kilometre with a chance of a collision above 1 in 10,000, the level at which NASA moves the ISS.

See every close approach reported in orbit.

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 8, 2026, 7:04 AM, 13 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "OBJECT E",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2019-079E",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-08T07:04:01.661952",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.86258599,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.01666635,
  "INCLINATION": 97.6692,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 311.7464,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 232.5552,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 126.0403,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 45915,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 34105,
  "BSTAR": 0.00022245621,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00002453,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}