Kosmos-2558 subsatellite

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/64627

  • Military
  • OBJECT C
  • NORAD 64627
  • 2022-089C
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where Kosmos-2558 subsatellite is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over the Greenland Sea

Orbit ends over Greenland

In the Earth’s shadow since

Back in sunlight

Past trackNext orbits

In view from you

Nobody watches Kosmos-2558 subsatellite 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-2558 subsatellite, 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. Rendezvous

    Kosmos-2558 subsatellite came up beside USA 326, from Jun 26, 2025, as public sources state. Its sources

Summary

Over Chad LIVE

Where is Kosmos-2558 subsatellite?

At 10:35:45 PM UTC Kosmos-2558 subsatellite was over Chad (18.5° N, 16.8° E), 460 km up, moving at 7.64 km/s and in the Earth’s shadow.

What is Kosmos-2558 subsatellite?

A satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since Aug 1, 2022.

Can I see Kosmos-2558 subsatellite?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for Kosmos-2558 subsatellite, 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
Mass
100 kg
Operating
Yes
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, the mass, and whether it is operating. The orbit class is read from its current elements.

Latest orbital data

Position received
10:35 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
10:35 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
18.5° N, 16.8° E
Altitude
460 km
Speed
7.64 km/s (27,500 km/h)
Course
north
Light
In the Earth’s shadow until 10:53 PM UTC
Inclination
97.2°
Orbital period
93.8 minutes
Orbits per day
15.36
This orbit
453 to 458 km
In shadow
36 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 1,480 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 7, 2026, 6:22 PM, 1 day old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 7, 2026, 6:22 PM, 1 day old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for Kosmos-2558 subsatellite, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to Kosmos-2558 subsatellite has been reported publicly in the past thirty 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 7, 2026, 6:22 PM, 1 day old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "OBJECT C",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2022-089C",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-07T18:22:02.377056",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 15.35730711,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0003907,
  "INCLINATION": 97.2312,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 45.124,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 84.2316,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 275.9373,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 64627,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 7667,
  "BSTAR": 0.00030534,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00010538,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}