Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2040 at a glance.
Uptime
13194
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2040.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2040
International designator: 1989-074C
Object number (NORAD): 20234
Object ID (CCSDS): 20234
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.049 minutes
Inclination: 82.5899 deg
SMA: 7790.285 km
Apoapsis: 1416.881 km
Periapsis: 1407.419 km
RAAN: 35.1247 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00060731
Argument of periapsis: 124.5588 deg
Mean anomaly: 247.4233 deg
Mean motion: 12.62620299 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000025 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000078022018 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 28, 2025, 1:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2040
TLE line 1: 1 20234U 89074C 25301.56695218 .00000025 00000-0 78022-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 20234 82.5899 35.1247 0006073 124.5588 247.4233 12.62620299664409
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2040.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
COSMOS 2040 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 43 to 48’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 14, 1989, 9:49 a.m. from 32/1.
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 43 to 48
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 14, 1989, 9:49 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/1
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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