COSMOS 2117

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2117 at a glance.

Uptime

12562

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 12.7

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 2117.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 2117

International designator: 1990-114D

Object number (NORAD): 21031

Object ID (CCSDS): 21031

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 113.832 minutes

Inclination: 82.573 deg

SMA: 7780.441 km

Apoapsis: 1407.57 km

Periapsis: 1397.041 km

RAAN: 93.5476 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0006766

Argument of periapsis: 255.0748 deg

Mean anomaly: 163.0617 deg

Mean motion: 12.65017315 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000007 rev/day2

B* drag term: -0.000018216 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, 8:48 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2117

TLE line 1: 1 21031U 90114D 25133.86676786 .00000007 00000-0 -18216-4 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 21031 82.5730 93.5476 0006766 255.0748 163.0617 12.65017315587784

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2117.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

COSMOS 2117 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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Launch to space Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 55 to 60
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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