Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 994 at a glance.
Uptime
17226
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.7
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 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: 104.85 minutes
Inclination: 82.9291 deg
SMA: 7365.564 km
Apoapsis: 1003.523 km
Periapsis: 971.335 km
RAAN: 311.2822 deg
Eccentricy: 0.002185
Argument of periapsis: 302.652 deg
Mean anomaly: 117.2141 deg
Mean motion: 13.73389629 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000053 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000041167 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 7:41 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 12, 2025, 1:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 994
TLE line 1: 1 10731U 78028A 25132.54785112 .00000053 00000-0 41167-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 10731 82.9291 311.2822 0021850 302.6520 117.2141 13.73389629362816
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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