Key statistics
Satellite COSMOS 2117 at a glance.
Uptime
12729
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: 82.5777 deg
SMA: 7780.419 km
Apoapsis: 1407.912 km
Periapsis: 1396.656 km
RAAN: 346.3682 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00072339
Argument of periapsis: 229.0168 deg
Mean anomaly: 304.9087 deg
Mean motion: 12.65022561 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000002 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000051789602 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 28, 2025, 2:18 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 27, 2025, 10:18 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2117
TLE line 1: 1 21031U 90114D 25300.92964321 .00000020 00000-0 51790-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 21031 82.5777 346.3682 0007234 229.0168 304.9087 12.65022561608905
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2117.
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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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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