Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 996 at a glance.
Uptime
17428
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
Latest
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: 104.597 minutes
Inclination: 82.9272 deg
SMA: 7353.69 km
Apoapsis: 1001.998 km
Periapsis: 949.112 km
RAAN: 237.7174 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00359584
Argument of periapsis: 223.701 deg
Mean anomaly: 261.7557 deg
Mean motion: 13.76717377 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000076 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000062240754 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, 6:32 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 996
TLE line 1: 1 10744U 78031A 25346.27265729 .00000076 00000-0 62241-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 10744 82.9272 237.7174 0035958 223.7010 261.7557 13.76717377396149
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 996.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object 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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