Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 990 at a glance.
Uptime
17366
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 990.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 990
International designator: 1978-019A
Object number (NORAD): 10676
Object ID (CCSDS): 10676
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.201 minutes
Inclination: 74.0405 deg
SMA: 7146.209 km
Apoapsis: 779.882 km
Periapsis: 756.266 km
RAAN: 318.8378 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00165229
Argument of periapsis: 357.8276 deg
Mean anomaly: 2.2803 deg
Mean motion: 14.37107287 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000305 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00011131481 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 4:29 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 990
TLE line 1: 1 10676U 78019A 25246.18700696 .00000305 00000-0 11131-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 10676 74.0405 318.8378 0016523 357.8276 2.2803 14.37107287488796
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 990.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 990.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellite
COSMOS 990 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 17’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 17, 1978, 4:33 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 17
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 17, 1978, 4:33 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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