2026-244Latest orbital launch: Falcon 9 · Starlink Group 15-16 · Oct 27, 2026 · VandenbergLaunch record →
sci-techmaventhe history of spaceflight, in data
  1. Home
  2. Spacecraft
  3. Kosmos 2559
// navigation · 2022

Kosmos 2559

Russian GLONASS navigation satellite. Kosmos 2559 was launched on October 10, 2022 aboard a Soyuz-2-1B from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2022-130ANORAD 54031Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Kosmos-2559
Common name
Kosmos 2559
Payload designation
Uragan-K1 No. 17L
International designator
2022-130A
NORAD catalog number
54031
GCAT identifier
S54031
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/1081

Mission

Mission type
Navigation
Use
Defense
Program
Uragan-K
Country
Russia
Builder
OAO M. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems
Platform (bus)
Ekspress-1000

Launch

Date
October 10, 2022 · 02:52 UTC
Launch record
2022-130Success
Spaceport
Plesetsk · pad LC43/4

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
MEO
Perigee
19,110 km
Apogee
19,149 km
Inclination
64.78°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
February 2023

Size

Mass
974 kg
Dry mass
800 kg
Length
2.0 m
Diameter
1.00 m
Span
5.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q135496551 (CC0).