COSMOS 2118

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2118 at a glance.

Uptime

12618

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 2118.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: COSMOS 2118

International designator: 1990-114E

Object number (NORAD): 21032

Object ID (CCSDS): 21032

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 113.785 minutes

Inclination: 82.5654 deg

SMA: 7778.276 km

Apoapsis: 1409.437 km

Periapsis: 1390.845 km

RAAN: 40.0878 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0011951

Argument of periapsis: 97.187 deg

Mean anomaly: 263.0581 deg

Mean motion: 12.65545389 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000039 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0001498 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 8:55 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2118

TLE line 1: 1 21032U 90114E 25188.87158068 .00000039 00000-0 14980-3 0 9997

TLE line 2: 2 21032 82.5654 40.0878 0011951 97.1870 263.0581 12.65545389595389

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2118.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

COSMOS 2118 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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