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COSMOS 2596 (708K)
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COSMOS 2596 (708K) is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) navigation satellite, part of the GLONASS constellation, launched on September 13, 2025 into MEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 13, 2025 at 02:10 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1b Fregat →
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Mission
- Glonass-K1 No. 18 (Kosmos 2595) & Kosmos 2596
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 19,158 km
- Periapsis
- 19,102 km
- Inclination
- 64.64°
- Orbital period
- 675.74 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 974 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2025-206B
- NORAD catalog №
- 65590
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Constellation
- GLONASS
- Status
- Operational