Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 990 at a glance.
Uptime
17245
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: 100.204 minutes
Inclination: 74.0385 deg
SMA: 7146.35 km
Apoapsis: 780.75 km
Periapsis: 755.68 km
RAAN: 180.0169 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0017541
Argument of periapsis: 254.0468 deg
Mean anomaly: 105.8753 deg
Mean motion: 14.37064745 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000207 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000078672 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 9:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 990
TLE line 1: 1 10676U 78019A 25125.89518824 .00000207 00000-0 78672-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 10676 74.0385 180.0169 0017541 254.0468 105.8753 14.37064745471519
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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