Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2042 at a glance.
Uptime
13146
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 2042.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2042
International designator: 1989-074E
Object number (NORAD): 20236
Object ID (CCSDS): 20236
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.904 minutes
Inclination: 82.5831 deg
SMA: 7783.704 km
Apoapsis: 1410.004 km
Periapsis: 1401.135 km
RAAN: 38.3401 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00056973
Argument of periapsis: 59.4628 deg
Mean anomaly: 62.9764 deg
Mean motion: 12.64221761 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000012 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000007746204 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 4:47 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 10:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2042
TLE line 1: 1 20236U 89074E 25251.95302279 .00000012 00000-0 77462-5 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 20236 82.5831 38.3401 0005697 59.4628 62.9764 12.64221761776132
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2042.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
COSMOS 2042 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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