Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 996 at a glance.
Uptime
17269
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
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 996.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 996
International designator: 1978-031A
Object number (NORAD): 10744
Object ID (CCSDS): 10744
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.598 minutes
Inclination: 82.9274 deg
SMA: 7353.761 km
Apoapsis: 1002.003 km
Periapsis: 949.249 km
RAAN: 354.8845 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0035869
Argument of periapsis: 306.2624 deg
Mean anomaly: 218.2091 deg
Mean motion: 13.76697368 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000049 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000034771 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, 10:22 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 996
TLE line 1: 1 10744U 78031A 25188.93231164 .00000049 00000-0 34771-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 10744 82.9274 354.8845 0035869 306.2624 218.2091 13.76697368374497
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 996.
Associated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
COSMOS 996 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 14’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on March 28, 1978, 1:30 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 14
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 28, 1978, 1:30 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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