Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2116 at a glance.
Uptime
12563
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 2116.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: COSMOS 2116
International designator: 1990-114C
Object number (NORAD): 21030
Object ID (CCSDS): 21030
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 113.896 minutes
Inclination: 82.5716 deg
SMA: 7783.338 km
Apoapsis: 1407.958 km
Periapsis: 1402.448 km
RAAN: 102.8218 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0003539
Argument of periapsis: 303.2966 deg
Mean anomaly: 109.6031 deg
Mean motion: 12.64311029 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000005 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.000029942 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 3:37 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 13, 2025, 9:50 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2116
TLE line 1: 1 21030U 90114C 25133.90980971 .00000005 00000-0 -29942-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 21030 82.5716 102.8218 0003539 303.2966 109.6031 12.64311029586972
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2116.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
COSMOS 2116 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 55 to 60’, on board a Tsiklon-3 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 22, 1990, 7:28 a.m. from 32/2.
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 55 to 60
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 22, 1990, 7:28 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Tsiklon-3
Launch pad: 32/2
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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