Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1908 at a glance.
Uptime
13639
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.5
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 COSMOS 1908.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1908
International designator: 1988-001A
Object number (NORAD): 18748
Object ID (CCSDS): 18748
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 92.868 minutes
Inclination: 82.4556 deg
SMA: 6793.164 km
Apoapsis: 416.931 km
Periapsis: 413.128 km
RAAN: 66.1984 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0002799
Argument of periapsis: 301.9646 deg
Mean anomaly: 58.1333 deg
Mean motion: 15.50581485 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00029419 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0005127 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 8:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1908
TLE line 1: 1 18748U 88001A 25129.87409717 .00029419 00000-0 51270-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 18748 82.4556 66.1984 0002799 301.9646 58.1333 15.50581485 43428
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1908.
Associated space launch
Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.
COSMOS 1908 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 63’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 6, 1988, 7:41 a.m. from 32/2.
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 63
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 6, 1988, 7:41 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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