Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2026 at a glance.
Uptime
13241
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2026.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2026
International designator: 1989-042A
Object number (NORAD): 20045
Object ID (CCSDS): 20045
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.633 minutes
Inclination: 82.9359 deg
SMA: 7355.406 km
Apoapsis: 1007.184 km
Periapsis: 947.359 km
RAAN: 259.3501 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00406678
Argument of periapsis: 38.4008 deg
Mean anomaly: 132.7668 deg
Mean motion: 13.76235479 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000085 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00007151895 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 7:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2026
TLE line 1: 1 20045U 89042A 25248.79911351 .00000085 00000-0 71519-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 20045 82.9359 259.3501 0040668 38.4008 132.7668 13.76235479820179
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2026.
Associated space launch
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
COSMOS 2026 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Parus 66’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on June 7, 1989, 5:12 a.m. from 132/2.
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Kosmos-3M | Parus 66
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 7, 1989, 5:12 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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