COSMOS 2026

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2026 at a glance.

Uptime

13299

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 13.8

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

82.9

Latest

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: 82.9428 deg

SMA: 7355.377 km

Apoapsis: 1005.591 km

Periapsis: 948.893 km

RAAN: 216.6445 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0038542

Argument of periapsis: 235.079 deg

Mean anomaly: 274.8083 deg

Mean motion: 13.76243676 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000059 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000045183 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Nov. 2, 2025, 3:56 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Nov. 2, 2025, 7:15 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2026

TLE line 1: 1 20045U 89042A 25306.30273374 .00000059 00000-0 45183-4 0 9998

TLE line 2: 2 20045 82.9428 216.6445 0038542 235.0790 274.8083 13.76243676828085

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2026.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2026.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
FENGYUN 1C DEB SSO 2024-08-28 00:55:52 0.0002890089 647.0 (m) DEBRIS
SL-14 DEB LEO 2024-08-15 02:51:17 0.0002251425 284.0 (m) DEBRIS

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.

For more information about the launch, click the button.

Launch to space Kosmos-3M | Parus 66
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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