COSMOS 2595 (MOZHAETS 6)

Military*MEORussia

COSMOS 2595 (MOZHAETS 6) is a satellite whose own government says its armed forces or defence ministry own or run it, which GCAT classes as civil government, with ownership listed as Russia in CelesTrak's catalogue, currently in medium Earth orbit near 18,826 km. It completes one orbit of Earth roughly every 670 minutes at an inclination of 64.6°. It was launched in 2025. Track its live position and see when it passes over your location on azmth.

Orbital data

NORAD ID: 65589
COSPAR ID: 2025-206A
Type: Military*
Orbit: MEO
Perigee (lowest): 18,826 km
Apogee (highest): 19,163 km
Inclination: 64.56°
Orbital period: 670 min
Launch year: 2025
Owner (CelesTrak): Russia

Orbital data updated: 2026-10-18 · from CelesTrak, refreshed every 2 hours.

Who operates it

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Technology test

GCAT lists it as Kosmos-2596.

Official description

Russia's Ministry of Defence says the spacecraft of this launch, Mozhaets-6 among them, were taken under control by the ground assets of the Space Forces, a branch of the Aerospace Forces (13 Sep 2025).

Russian Ministry of Defence, Telegram, 13 Sep 2025

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«В расчетное время космические аппараты выведены на целевую орбиту разгонным блоком «Фрегат» и приняты на управление наземными средствами космических войск ВКС.»

“At the calculated time the spacecraft were placed in the target orbit by the Fregat upper stage and were taken under control by the ground assets of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces.”

«учебно-исследовательским космическим аппаратом «Можаец-6», разработанным слушателем Военно-космической академии А.Ф.Можайского»

“the training and research spacecraft Mozhaets-6, developed by a student of the A.F. Mozhaisky Military Space Academy”

Registered with the UN

Russia's UN registration gives its function as “To carry out tasks in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defence” (ST/SG/SER.E/1309, 2 Dec 2025).

azmth's translation · Show original

«Для решения задач в интересах Минобороны России»

Independent assessment

GCAT classes it as a civil government satellite for technology testing, lists its owner as Mozhaiskiy Military Space Academy, and records it as active (17 Oct 2026).

Data: GCAT · CC BY 4.0 Class, mission and status adapted from GCAT by Jonathan McDowell, CC BY 4.0, data update 17 Oct 2026.

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About MEO orbit

Medium Earth Orbit. Between 2,000 and 35,786 km. Home to navigation constellations like GPS (~20,200 km), Galileo, and BeiDou. Orbital period 2 to 24 hours.