Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1931 at a glance.
Uptime
13797
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
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 1931.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1931
International designator: 1988-016H
Object number (NORAD): 18944
Object ID (CCSDS): 18944
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.415 minutes
Inclination: 74.0065 deg
SMA: 7806.971 km
Apoapsis: 1460.837 km
Periapsis: 1396.835 km
RAAN: 248.3596 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00409901
Argument of periapsis: 289.2428 deg
Mean anomaly: 143.3678 deg
Mean motion: 12.5857451 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000094875306 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 19, 2025, 2:08 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 9:18 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1931
TLE line 1: 1 18944U 88016H 25352.88768124 .00000000 00000-0 94875-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 18944 74.0065 248.3596 0040990 289.2428 143.3678 12.58574510735447
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1931.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 1931 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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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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