Key statistics
Satellite RADIO 2 at a glance.
Uptime
17165
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.6
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for RADIO 2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: RADIO 2
International designator: 1978-100C
Object number (NORAD): 11086
Object ID (CCSDS): 11086
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 120.326 minutes
Inclination: 82.5523 deg
SMA: 8073.576 km
Apoapsis: 1706.099 km
Periapsis: 1684.783 km
RAAN: 178.1106 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00132012
Argument of periapsis: 80.2815 deg
Mean anomaly: 336.0102 deg
Mean motion: 11.96751134 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000006 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.00019402889 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 24, 2025, 2:48 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 23, 2025, 4:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 RADIO 2
TLE line 1: 1 11086U 78100C 25296.69091758 -.00000006 00000-0 -19403-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 11086 82.5523 178.1106 0013201 80.2815 336.0102 11.96751134 52626
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite RADIO 2.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object RADIO 2.
Associated space launch
Mass model of the Meteor-2 meteorological satellite
RADIO 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2-GVM’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 26, 1978, 7 a.m. from 32/2.
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2-GVM
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 26, 1978, 7 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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