Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2026 at a glance.
Uptime
13179
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: 104.634 minutes
Inclination: 82.9417 deg
SMA: 7355.425 km
Apoapsis: 1006.172 km
Periapsis: 948.407 km
RAAN: 304.6065 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0039267
Argument of periapsis: 205.224 deg
Mean anomaly: 269.9351 deg
Mean motion: 13.76230387 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000043 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000028439 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 8:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2026
TLE line 1: 1 20045U 89042A 25187.86255962 .00000043 00000-0 28439-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 20045 82.9417 304.6065 0039267 205.2240 269.9351 13.76230387812006
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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