INTERCOSMOS 24

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite INTERCOSMOS 24 at a glance.

Uptime

13177

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.6

Per day

Orbit

HEO

Inclination

82.6

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for INTERCOSMOS 24.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: INTERCOSMOS 24

International designator: 1989-080A

Object number (NORAD): 20261

Object ID (CCSDS): 20261

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 114.346 minutes

Inclination: 82.6106 deg

SMA: 7803.81 km

Apoapsis: 2352.392 km

Periapsis: 498.958 km

RAAN: 192.8255 deg

Eccentricy: 0.11875185

Argument of periapsis: 248.276 deg

Mean anomaly: 98.7976 deg

Mean motion: 12.59339151 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000846 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.00025187297 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Oct. 25, 2025, 3:11 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Oct. 24, 2025, 5:19 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 INTERCOSMOS 24

TLE line 1: 1 20261U 89080A 25297.72180800 .00000846 00000-0 25187-3 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 20261 82.6106 192.8255 1187519 248.2760 98.7976 12.59339151649687

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite INTERCOSMOS 24.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object INTERCOSMOS 24.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
DELTA 1 DEB	SSO	2025-04-22 21:08:56	0.000199699	364.0 (m)	DEBRIS
PEGASUS DEB	LEO	2025-04-06 16:30:34	0.0002245189	504.0 (m)	DEBRIS
FENGYUN 1C DEB	SSO	2025-03-22 23:57:29	0.000106885	747.0 (m)	DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Scientific satellite studying the radiation properties of loop antennas in a plasma environment

INTERCOSMOS 24 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | AUOS-Z-AV-IK 1’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.

The launch took place on Sept. 28, 1989, 12:04 a.m. from 32/2.

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Tsiklon-3 | AUOS-Z-AV-IK 1

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Sept. 28, 1989, 12:04 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Tsiklon-3

Launch pad: 32/2

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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