Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1959 at a glance.
Uptime
13501
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
83.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1959.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1959
International designator: 1988-062A
Object number (NORAD): 19324
Object ID (CCSDS): 19324
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.627 minutes
Inclination: 82.9502 deg
SMA: 7355.119 km
Apoapsis: 1002.251 km
Periapsis: 951.718 km
RAAN: 20.7241 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0034352
Argument of periapsis: 14.4402 deg
Mean anomaly: 44.6628 deg
Mean motion: 13.76316064 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000061 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000046263 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 6:39 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 4, 2025, 2:41 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1959
TLE line 1: 1 19324U 88062A 25185.61198024 .00000061 00000-0 46263-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 19324 82.9502 20.7241 0034352 14.4402 44.6628 13.76316064855897
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1959.
Associated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
COSMOS 1959 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 63’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on July 18, 1988, 10:28 p.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 63
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 18, 1988, 10:28 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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