Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2098 at a glance.
Uptime
12672
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
82.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2098.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2098
International designator: 1990-078A
Object number (NORAD): 20774
Object ID (CCSDS): 20774
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.836 minutes
Inclination: 82.9447 deg
SMA: 7318.01 km
Apoapsis: 1493.639 km
Periapsis: 386.111 km
RAAN: 31.5562 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0756714
Argument of periapsis: 310.1195 deg
Mean anomaly: 43.596 deg
Mean motion: 13.86798296 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003906 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00028395 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, 10:13 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2098
TLE line 1: 1 20774U 90078A 25127.92581128 .00003906 00000-0 28395-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 20774 82.9447 31.5562 0756714 310.1195 43.5960 13.86798296716288
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2098.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2098.
Associated space launch
Early warning satellite
COSMOS 2098 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Molniya 8K78M-PVB | US-K 66’, on board a Molniya 8K78M-PVB space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 28, 1990, 7:49 a.m. from 43/4 (43R).
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Molniya 8K78M-PVB | US-K 66
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 28, 1990, 7:49 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Molniya 8K78M-PVB
Launch pad: 43/4 (43R)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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