Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2043 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 2043.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2043
International designator: 1989-074F
Object number (NORAD): 20237
Object ID (CCSDS): 20237
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.965 minutes
Inclination: 82.5763 deg
SMA: 7786.5 km
Apoapsis: 1411.909 km
Periapsis: 1404.821 km
RAAN: 42.9144 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00045517
Argument of periapsis: 133.7115 deg
Mean anomaly: 42.1033 deg
Mean motion: 12.63540915 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000012 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000009444458 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 3:43 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2043
TLE line 1: 1 20237U 89074F 25252.15539898 .00000012 00000-0 94445-5 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 20237 82.5763 42.9144 0004552 133.7115 42.1033 12.63540915659401
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2043.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
COSMOS 2043 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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