Payload
COSMOS 2597 (RODNIK-S *)
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 66647
COSMOS 2597 (RODNIK-S *) is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on November 25, 2025 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- November 25, 2025 at 01:42 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Angara 1.2 →
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Mission
- 3 x Rodnik (Kosmos 2597, 2598, 2599)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,503 km
- Periapsis
- 1,486 km
- Inclination
- 82.5°
- Orbital period
- 115.86 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 280 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø0.8 × 1.6 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2025-273A
- NORAD catalog №
- 66647
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- Operational