Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2008 at a glance.
Uptime
13319
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 2008.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2008
International designator: 1989-025A
Object number (NORAD): 19902
Object ID (CCSDS): 19902
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.48 minutes
Inclination: 74.009 deg
SMA: 7809.908 km
Apoapsis: 1471.037 km
Periapsis: 1392.51 km
RAAN: 57.9387 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00502743
Argument of periapsis: 335.2839 deg
Mean anomaly: 146.2771 deg
Mean motion: 12.57864497 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000014 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000017524786 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 4:47 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 10:39 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2008
TLE line 1: 1 19902U 89025A 25251.94439885 -.00000014 00000-0 17525-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 19902 74.0090 57.9387 0050274 335.2839 146.2771 12.57864497674180
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2008.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 2008 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 337-344’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on March 24, 1989, 1:38 p.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 337-344
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 24, 1989, 1:38 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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