Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 994 at a glance.
Uptime
17440
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 994.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 994
International designator: 1978-028A
Object number (NORAD): 10731
Object ID (CCSDS): 10731
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.848 minutes
Inclination: 82.9303 deg
SMA: 7365.489 km
Apoapsis: 1005.153 km
Periapsis: 969.555 km
RAAN: 153.1671 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00241654
Argument of periapsis: 67.7449 deg
Mean anomaly: 105.6669 deg
Mean motion: 13.73410667 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000096 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00008722421 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, 5:58 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 994
TLE line 1: 1 10731U 78028A 25346.24883749 .00000096 00000-0 87224-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 10731 82.9303 153.1671 0024165 67.7449 105.6669 13.73410667392148
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 994.
Associated space launch
The first soviet navigation system called Tsiklon consisted of Zaliv satellites in low earth orbit.
COSMOS 994 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 25’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on March 15, 1978, 3:57 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Zaliv 25
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 15, 1978, 3:57 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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