Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2009 at a glance.
Uptime
13419
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 2009.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2009
International designator: 1989-025B
Object number (NORAD): 19903
Object ID (CCSDS): 19903
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.655 minutes
Inclination: 74.0112 deg
SMA: 7817.859 km
Apoapsis: 1472.745 km
Periapsis: 1406.704 km
RAAN: 346.5361 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00422377
Argument of periapsis: 265.7491 deg
Mean anomaly: 208.8387 deg
Mean motion: 12.55946016 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000013 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000021119883 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 19, 2025, 2:08 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 18, 2025, 5:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2009
TLE line 1: 1 19903U 89025B 25352.72302179 -.00000013 00000-0 21120-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 19903 74.0112 346.5361 0042238 265.7491 208.8387 12.55946016684306
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2009.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Military communications satellites
COSMOS 2009 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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