COSMOS 1948 (GLONASS)

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 1948 (GLONASS) at a glance.

Uptime

13663

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 1948 (GLONASS).

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 1948 (GLONASS)

International designator: 1988-043C

Object number (NORAD): 19165

Object ID (CCSDS): 19165

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 675.731 minutes

Inclination: 64.8147 deg

SMA: 25507.975 km

Apoapsis: 19134.927 km

Periapsis: 19124.752 km

RAAN: 81.8244 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00019945

Argument of periapsis: 318.6701 deg

Mean anomaly: 38.6711 deg

Mean motion: 2.13102625 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000033 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 12, 2025, 3:37 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 11, 2025, 2:27 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1948 (GLONASS)

TLE line 1: 1 19165U 88043C 25284.60241963 .00000033 00000-0 00000-0 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 19165 64.8147 81.8244 0001994 318.6701 38.6711 2.13102625290706

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Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1948 (GLONASS).

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 1948 (GLONASS).

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
COSMOS 2024 (ETALON 2)	MEO	2025-05-18 12:00:08	TBA	4412.0 (m)	PAYLOAD

Associated space launch

GLONASS navigation satellites

COSMOS 1948 (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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