Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 985 at a glance.
Uptime
17279
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 985.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 985
International designator: 1978-007A
Object number (NORAD): 10599
Object ID (CCSDS): 10599
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.584 minutes
Inclination: 82.9399 deg
SMA: 7353.081 km
Apoapsis: 1012.897 km
Periapsis: 936.994 km
RAAN: 329.1174 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0051613
Argument of periapsis: 245.3348 deg
Mean anomaly: 114.243 deg
Mean motion: 13.76888421 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000077 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000062089 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 3:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 985
TLE line 1: 1 10599U 78007A 25128.64555271 .00000077 00000-0 62089-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 10599 82.9399 329.1174 0051613 245.3348 114.2430 13.76888421376209
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 985.
Associated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
COSMOS 985 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 12’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 17, 1978, 3:26 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 12
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 17, 1978, 3:26 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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