Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 952 at a glance.
Uptime
17525
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: 104.067 minutes
Inclination: 64.9362 deg
SMA: 7328.84 km
Apoapsis: 974.623 km
Periapsis: 926.787 km
RAAN: 146.3394 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00326355
Argument of periapsis: 125.9347 deg
Mean anomaly: 234.4749 deg
Mean motion: 13.83725386 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000039 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000044688557 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 9:51 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 952
TLE line 1: 1 10358U 77088A 25251.41084255 -.00000039 00000-0 44689-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 10358 64.9362 146.3394 0032635 125.9347 234.4749 13.83725386424198
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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