Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 952 at a glance.
Uptime
17621
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
64.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 952.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 952
International designator: 1977-088A
Object number (NORAD): 10358
Object ID (CCSDS): 10358
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.066 minutes
Inclination: 64.9365 deg
SMA: 7328.812 km
Apoapsis: 973.11 km
Periapsis: 928.243 km
RAAN: 260.5073 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00306104
Argument of periapsis: 80.0634 deg
Mean anomaly: 280.3878 deg
Mean motion: 13.83733387 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000039 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000045292275 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 3:51 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 952
TLE line 1: 1 10358U 77088A 25346.16088338 -.00000039 00000-0 45292-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 10358 64.9365 260.5073 0030610 80.0634 280.3878 13.83733387437305
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 952.
Associated space launch
Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.
COSMOS 952 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | US-A 14’, on board a Tsiklon-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 16, 1977, 2:25 p.m. from 90.
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Tsiklon-2 | US-A 14
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 16, 1977, 2:25 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-2
Launch pad: 90
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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