Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2066 at a glance.
Uptime
12878
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
74.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2066.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2066
International designator: 1990-029C
Object number (NORAD): 20551
Object ID (CCSDS): 20551
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 114.312 minutes
Inclination: 73.9818 deg
SMA: 7802.297 km
Apoapsis: 1463.025 km
Periapsis: 1385.299 km
RAAN: 57.4185 deg
Eccentricy: 0.004981
Argument of periapsis: 248.7633 deg
Mean anomaly: 122.1422 deg
Mean motion: 12.59705541 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000002 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010571 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 9:12 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2066
TLE line 1: 1 20551U 90029C 25189.88372802 .00000002 00000-0 10571-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 20551 73.9818 57.4185 0049810 248.7633 122.1422 12.59705541621547
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2066.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2066.
Associated space launch
Military communications satellites
COSMOS 2066 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 345-352’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on April 6, 1990, 3:13 a.m. from 133/3 (133L).
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Kosmos-3M | Strela-1M 345-352
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 6, 1990, 3:13 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 133/3 (133L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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