Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 994 at a glance.
Uptime
17343
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: 104.849 minutes
Inclination: 82.9299 deg
SMA: 7365.531 km
Apoapsis: 1003.958 km
Periapsis: 970.834 km
RAAN: 224.4212 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0022486
Argument of periapsis: 337.9151 deg
Mean anomaly: 78.6185 deg
Mean motion: 13.73398744 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000057 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000045429835 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 9:55 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 994
TLE line 1: 1 10731U 78028A 25249.91384567 .00000057 00000-0 45430-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 10731 82.9299 224.4212 0022486 337.9151 78.6185 13.73398744378924
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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