COSMOS 1926

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1926 at a glance.

Uptime

13697

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.5

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1926.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 1926

International designator: 1988-016C

Object number (NORAD): 18939

Object ID (CCSDS): 18939

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 115.306 minutes

Inclination: 74.0095 deg

SMA: 7847.438 km

Apoapsis: 1479.353 km

Periapsis: 1459.253 km

RAAN: 355.9003 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00128069

Argument of periapsis: 301.2226 deg

Mean anomaly: 73.4249 deg

Mean motion: 12.48851875 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000007 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000060733066 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 6:57 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1926

TLE line 1: 1 18939U 88016C 25252.28982853 -.00000007 00000-0 60733-4 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 18939 74.0095 355.9003 0012807 301.2226 73.4249 12.48851875709572

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Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1926.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Military communications satellites

COSMOS 1926 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 329-336’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on March 11, 1988, 12:18 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).

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Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 329-336
Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 329-336

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: March 11, 1988, 12:18 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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