Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2024 (ETALON 2) at a glance.
Uptime
13287
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 2.1
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
65.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2024 (ETALON 2).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2024 (ETALON 2)
International designator: 1989-039C
Object number (NORAD): 20026
Object ID (CCSDS): 20026
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 675.408 minutes
Inclination: 65.0831 deg
SMA: 25499.847 km
Apoapsis: 19173.767 km
Periapsis: 19069.657 km
RAAN: 318.9468 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00204139
Argument of periapsis: 214.4664 deg
Mean anomaly: 316.073 deg
Mean motion: 2.13204515 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000028 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 16, 2025, 2:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 15, 2025, 9:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2024 (ETALON 2)
TLE line 1: 1 20026U 89039C 25288.88203347 -.00000028 00000-0 00000-0 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 20026 65.0831 318.9468 0020414 214.4664 316.0730 2.13204515283299
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2024 (ETALON 2).
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2024 (ETALON 2).
Associated space launch
GLONASS navigation satellites
COSMOS 2024 (ETALON 2) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Proton | Uragan 34 & 35’, on board a Proton space rocket.
The launch took place on May 31, 1989, 8:31 a.m. from 200/40.
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Proton | Uragan 34 & 35
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 31, 1989, 8:31 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Proton
Launch pad: 200/40
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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