Key statistics
Satellite RADIO 2 at a glance.
Uptime
17054
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.5
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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: 82.5473 deg
SMA: 8073.581 km
Apoapsis: 1704.51 km
Periapsis: 1686.382 km
RAAN: 241.1741 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0011227
Argument of periapsis: 306.6299 deg
Mean anomaly: 108.5464 deg
Mean motion: 11.96750002 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000038 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.00059692 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 4:05 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 RADIO 2
TLE line 1: 1 11086U 78100C 25185.17039209 -.00000038 00000-0 -59692-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 11086 82.5473 241.1741 0011227 306.6299 108.5464 11.96750002 39286
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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