Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 1996 at a glance.
Uptime
13361
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 1996.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 1996
International designator: 1989-009C
Object number (NORAD): 19787
Object ID (CCSDS): 19787
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.022 minutes
Inclination: 82.6173 deg
SMA: 7789.066 km
Apoapsis: 1415.887 km
Periapsis: 1405.976 km
RAAN: 185.2213 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00063625
Argument of periapsis: 341.3627 deg
Mean anomaly: 192.1015 deg
Mean motion: 12.6291654 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000022 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000063973963 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 2:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 1996
TLE line 1: 1 19787U 89009C 25251.60258469 .00000022 00000-0 63974-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 19787 82.6173 185.2213 0006363 341.3627 192.1015 12.62916540685887
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 1996.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Film-return reconnaissance satellite
COSMOS 1996 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Soyuz U | Zenit-8 76’, on board a Soyuz U space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 10, 1989, 4:55 p.m. from 41/1.
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Soyuz U | Zenit-8 76
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 10, 1989, 4:55 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Soyuz U
Launch pad: 41/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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