Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1908 at a glance.
Uptime
13760
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.6
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: 92.472 minutes
Inclination: 82.4522 deg
SMA: 6773.807 km
Apoapsis: 399.55 km
Periapsis: 391.795 km
RAAN: 299.9144 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0005724
Argument of periapsis: 190.3372 deg
Mean anomaly: 169.7766 deg
Mean motion: 15.57232691 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00051278 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00070052891 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 8:38 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1908
TLE line 1: 1 18748U 88001A 25249.86026793 .00051278 00000-0 70053-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 18748 82.4522 299.9144 0005724 190.3372 169.7766 15.57232691 62050
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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