Key statistics
Satellite INTERCOSMOS 24 at a glance.
Uptime
13006
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
Per day
Orbit
HEO
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: 114.379 minutes
Inclination: 82.6038 deg
SMA: 7805.319 km
Apoapsis: 2355.708 km
Periapsis: 498.659 km
RAAN: 303.5032 deg
Eccentricy: 0.1189605
Argument of periapsis: 283.0071 deg
Mean anomaly: 64.107 deg
Mean motion: 12.58974084 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000515 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015328 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 12:24 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 INTERCOSMOS 24
TLE line 1: 1 20261U 89080A 25127.51695569 .00000515 00000-0 15328-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 20261 82.6038 303.5032 1189605 283.0071 64.1070 12.58974084628267
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.
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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