COSMOS 2596 [GLONASS-K1]

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COSMOS 2596 [GLONASS-K1] is a navigation satellite, with ownership listed as Russia in CelesTrak's catalogue, currently in medium Earth orbit near 19,104 km. It completes one orbit of Earth roughly every 676 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: 65590
COSPAR ID: 2025-206B
Type: Navigation
Orbit: MEO
Perigee (lowest): 19,104 km
Apogee (highest): 19,171 km
Inclination: 64.56°
Orbital period: 676 min
Launch year: 2025
Owner (CelesTrak): Russia

Orbital data updated: 2026-10-17 · from CelesTrak, refreshed every 2 hours.

Who operates it

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Navigation

GCAT lists it as Kosmos-2595.

Official description

“... a combat crew of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces launched a medium-class Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a spacecraft in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defence and the training and research spacecraft Mozhaets-6, developed by a student of the A.F. Mozhaisky Military Space Academy and intended for testing astronavigation algorithms.”

Russian Ministry of Defence, Telegram, 13 Sep 2025

azmth's translation · Show original

«...боевым расчетом космических войск Воздушно-космических сил проведен пуск ракеты-носителя среднего класса «Союз-2.1б» с космическим аппаратом в интересах Минобороны России и учебно-исследовательским космическим аппаратом «Можаец-6», разработанным слушателем Военно-космической академии А.Ф.Можайского и предназначенным для отработки алгоритмов астронавигации.»

Independent assessment

GCAT classes it as a military satellite for navigation 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.