Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 994 at a glance.
Uptime
17282
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: 82.9313 deg
SMA: 7365.549 km
Apoapsis: 1005.087 km
Periapsis: 969.74 km
RAAN: 269.5332 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0023995
Argument of periapsis: 141.3339 deg
Mean anomaly: 32.1408 deg
Mean motion: 13.73393903 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000004 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000026655 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 11:01 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 994
TLE line 1: 1 10731U 78028A 25188.95938829 .00000040 00000-0 26655-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 10731 82.9313 269.5332 0023995 141.3339 32.1408 13.73393903370551
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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