Key statistics
Satellite RADIO 2 at a glance.
Uptime
17215
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.5
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: 82.5475 deg
SMA: 8073.572 km
Apoapsis: 1705.253 km
Periapsis: 1685.622 km
RAAN: 150.1095 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00121573
Argument of periapsis: 344.7702 deg
Mean anomaly: 195.806 deg
Mean motion: 11.96751939 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000065 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00072392547 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, 5:02 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 RADIO 2
TLE line 1: 1 11086U 78100C 25346.20998515 .00000065 00000-0 72393-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 11086 82.5475 150.1095 0012157 344.7702 195.8060 11.96751939 58545
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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