COSMOS 1946 (GLONASS)

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1946 (GLONASS) at a glance.

Uptime

13563

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 2.1

Per day

Orbit

MEO

Medium Earth Orbit

Inclination

64.8

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1946 (GLONASS).

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 1946 (GLONASS)

International designator: 1988-043A

Object number (NORAD): 19163

Object ID (CCSDS): 19163

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 675.729 minutes

Inclination: 64.7709 deg

SMA: 25507.926 km

Apoapsis: 19143.269 km

Periapsis: 19116.312 km

RAAN: 85.358 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0005284

Argument of periapsis: 91.0372 deg

Mean anomaly: 87.5775 deg

Mean motion: 2.13103238 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000026 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 8, 2025, 5:26 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 8, 2025, 12:53 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1946 (GLONASS)

TLE line 1: 1 19163U 88043A 25189.53737142 -.00000026 00000-0 00000-0 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 19163 64.7709 85.3580 0005284 91.0372 87.5775 2.13103238288274

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Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1946 (GLONASS).

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1946 (GLONASS).

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
SL-12 R/B(2)	MEO	2024-11-24 15:48:33	TBA	3515.0 (m)	ROCKET BODY

Associated space launch

GLONASS navigation satellites

COSMOS 1946 (GLONASS) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Proton | Uragan 26 to 28’, on board a Proton space rocket.

The launch took place on May 21, 1988, 5:57 p.m. from 200/39 (200L).

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Proton | Uragan 26 to 28

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: May 21, 1988, 5:57 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Proton

Launch pad: 200/39 (200L)

Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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